where does the last name hansen come from
Norway the Faroe Islands Scandinavian Denmark
title: Hansen (surname) text: Hansen as a surname outside Denmark, Norway and Schleswig-Holstein is due to immigration, though Nordic immigrants to English-speaking countries often anglicised their names to Hanson in order to accommodate English orthographic rules. As of 2014, 33.5% of all known bearers of the surname "Hansen" were residents of Denmark (frequency 1:28), 31.6% of the United States (1:1,933), 10.5% of Norway (1:83), 10.2% of Germany (1:1,330), 2.3% of Canada (1:2,658), 2.3% of Australia (1:1,773), 1.3% of Sweden (1:1,325) and 1.2% of South Africa (1:7,460). In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:28) in the following regions: In title: Hansen (surname) text: Hansen (surname) Hansen or Hanssen () is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hans". As of 2008, it is the third most common surname in Denmark, shared by 4.3% of the population. As of 2000, "Hansen" is the single most common surname in Norway, not counting spelling variations such as "Hanssen", which are also quite common. In the Faroe Islands "Hansen" is the second most common surname, while in the North German federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg "Hansen" is the third and fifth most common surname, respectively. In Sweden the parallel form is "Hansson". The frequent occurrences of title: Hansen (surname) text: Norway, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:83) in the following regions: Notable people with the surname include: Hansen (surname) Hansen or Hanssen () is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hans". As of 2008, it is the third most common surname in Denmark, shared by 4.3% of the population. As of 2000, "Hansen" is the single most common surname in Norway, not counting spelling variations such as "Hanssen", which are also quite common. In the Faroe Islands "Hansen" is the second most common surname, while in the North German federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and title: Northern Germany text: or Norwegian "kikke" (to look); or the word for the fruit orange, which is "Orange" in standard Germand, but "Apfelsine" in Northern Germany, similarly to the Dutch ("appelsien/Sinaasappel"), Frisian ("aapelsiin") and Scandinavian languages ("appelsin/apelsin"). Additionally, Jansen/Janssen, Hansen, and Petersen are the most common surnames in the far north of Germany (Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein), which are also some of the most common surnames in Denmark (albeit with "Jensen" for Jansen). Hansen is the single most common surname in Norway, the third most common surname in Denmark, and the third and fifth most common surname in the North German federal states title: Surname text: a result of this naming practice, such as Hansen (son of Hans), Johansen (son of Johan) and Olsen (son of Ole/Ola), the three most common surnames in Norway. This also occurs in other cultures: Spanish and Portuguese (López or Lopes, son of Lope; Álvarez or Álvares, son of Álvaro; Domínguez or Domingues, son of Domingo or Domingos; etc.); in English (Johnson, son of John; Richardson, son of Richard), etc. Patronymic name conventions are similar in some other nations, including Malaysia (see Malaysian name) and other Muslim countries, among most people of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala (unlike