▁Nord ic ▁imm igr ants ▁to ▁English - spe aking ▁countries ▁often ▁ang lic ised ▁their ▁names ▁to ▁Hans on ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁accommod ate ▁English ▁orth ographic ▁rules . ▁ ▁Ge ographical ▁distribution ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁ 3 3 . 5 % ▁of ▁all ▁known ▁bear ers ▁of ▁the ▁surname ▁Hans en ▁were ▁residents ▁of ▁Den mark ▁( fre quency ▁ 1 : 2 8 ), ▁ 3 1 . 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁( 1 : 1 , 9 3 3 ), ▁ 1 0 . 5 % ▁of ▁Norway ▁( 1 : 8 3 ), ▁ 1 0 . 2 % ▁of ▁Germany ▁( 1 : 1 , 3 3 0 ), ▁ 2 . 3 % ▁of ▁Canada ▁( 1 : 2 , 6 5 8 ), ▁ 2 . 3 % ▁of ▁Australia ▁( 1 : 1 , 7 7 3 ), ▁ 1 . 3 % ▁of ▁Sweden ▁( 1 : 1 , 3 2 5 ) ▁and ▁ 1 . 2 % ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁( 1 : 7 , 4 6 0 ). ▁ ▁In ▁Den mark , ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁the ▁surname ▁was ▁higher ▁than ▁national ▁average ▁( 1 : 2 8 ) ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁regions : ▁▁ 1 . ▁Region ▁Zealand ▁( 1 : 1 9 ) ▁▁ 2 . ▁Region ▁of ▁Southern ▁Den mark ▁( 1 : 2 2 ) ▁ ▁In ▁Norway , ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁the ▁surname ▁was ▁higher ▁than ▁national ▁average