Olsen

Olsen is the 571st most common surname in the United States, shared by 57,626 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 5,187.

By the numbers

People: 57,626
Rank: 571st
How common: 1 in 5,187
Per 100,000: 19.3

Where the name comes from

patronymic from Ole +.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Olsen described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 90.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Black, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen (born 1989)American actress
Ashley Olsen (born 1986)American businesswoman, fashion designer and actress
Mary-Kate Olsen (born 1986)American businesswoman and actress
Robin Olsen (born 1990)Swedish association football player
Morten Olsen (born 1949)Danish footballer
Eric Christian Olsen (born 1977)American actor
Ken Olsen (1926–2011)American engineer and businessman
Jesper Olsen (born 1961)Danish footballer

People named Olsen with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Olsen

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.