Christophersen
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kɹɪˈstɑˌfɝsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Christophersen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country.
- DKDenmark1 in 4.1K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 355K
- NONorway1 in 6.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Denmark (measured from records)
- Sources
- 197 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
1,427 people
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Christophersen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | #427 | 1,427 | 1 in 4.1K | 1.4K | Christophersen | 86 |
| US United States | — | 936 | 1 in 355K | 941 | Christophersen | 197 |
| NO Norway | #996 | 880 | 1 in 6.2K | 880 | Christophersen | 38 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 131K | — | Christophersen | 77 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 177K | — | Christophersen | 62 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 47 | 1 in 72K | 47 | — | — |
1,427 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peter Christophersenb. 1845NONorwegian diplomat (1845-1930)
- Søren Andreas Christophersenb. 1849NONorwegian diplomat
- Alejandro Christophersenb. 1866ARArgentine architect and artist (1866-1946)
- Gerda Christophersenb. 1870DKDanish actress, singer, theater director and autobiographer (1870-1947)
- Erling Christophersenb. 1898NONorwegian botanist, geographer and diplomat (1898-1994)
- Knud Christophersenb. 1905DKDanish footballer and handball player (1905-1975)
- Else Christophersenb. 1915NONorwegian equestrian (1915–1968)
- Thies Christophersenb. 1918DEGerman Holocaust denier (1918–1997)
- Henning Christophersenb. 1939DKDanish politician (1939-2016)
- Line Christophersenb. 2000DKbadminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Christophersen?
- A machine transcription gives /kɹɪˈstɑˌfɝsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Christophersen have the most bearers?
- In Denmark, the national register counted about 1.4 thousand people named Christophersen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled christophersen.
- Where is Christophersen most common?
- Christophersen is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.1 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Christophersen?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 1,427 people named Christophersen, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Christophersen compared with other names?
- In Denmark, Christophersen is the 427th most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Christophersen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/christophersenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christophersen” — the 427th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.