Andersen
Andersen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Anders". It is the fifth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.2% of the population.
From the same root – the given name Andreas – derives the surname Andreasen and Andresen.
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in Denmark and Norway :
| Andersen | Andreasen | Andreassen | Andresen | Source | |
| Denmark | 165,871 | 12,013 | 2,430 | 4,508 | |
| Norway | 38,433 | 103 | 12,376 | 6,581 |
Persons
- Adda Husted Andersen, Danish-born American Modernist jeweler, silversmith, metalsmith, and educator
- Aksel Andersen, American-Danish organist and composer
- Aksel Frederik Andersen, Danish mathematician
- Alex Høgh Andersen, Danish actor
- Alf Andersen, Norwegian ski jumper
- Alf Andersen (musician), Norwegian flautist
- Alsing Emanuel Andersen, Danish politician
- Amalie Andersen, Danish ice hockey player
- Amalie Andersen (actress), Norwegian actress
- Anders Ejnar Andersen, Danish politician
- André Andersen, Russian-Danish multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Anja Andersen, Danish handball coach and former handball player.
- Arthur E. Andersen, founder of the eponymous former auditing, tax and consulting firm
- Benny Andersen, Danish composer
- Bridgette Andersen, American child actress
- Britta Andersen, Danish badminton player
- Børge Andersen, Danish chess player
- Carl Albert Andersen, Norwegian pole vaulter
- Chris Andersen, American basketball player
- Daniel Andersen, Danish composer
- David Andersen, Australian basketball player
- Derek Andersen, American DJ
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen American physician, pediatrician, pathologist, identifier of cystic fibrosis
- Elisabeth Andersen, stage name for the Dutch actress Anna Elisabeth de Bruijn
- Ellen Andersen, Danish museum curator
- Else Winther Andersen, Danish politician
- Eric Andersen, American singer-songwriter
- Eric Andersen (artist), Danish artist
- Erik Andersen (disambiguation), several people
- Eyvin Andersen, Danish composer
- Filip Andersen, Mongolian-Danish football player known as Filip Chinzorig
- Finn Andersen, Danish Counter-Strike player known as karrigan
- Francis Andersen, Australian scholar of Biblical Hebrew
- Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey goaltender
- Fritz Andersen, Danish composer
- Ginny Andersen, New Zealand politician
- Greta Andersen, Danish-American swimmer
- Hakon Andersen, Danish composer
- Hans Christian Andersen, Danish playwright and author
- Hans Niels Andersen, Danish shipping magnate, businessman and founder of the East Asiatic Company
- Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater
- James Roy Andersen, A United States Army Air Forces General
- Jette Andersen (runner), Danish international athlete
- Joachim Andersen (composer), Danish flautist, conductor and composer
- Joachim Andersen (footballer) Danish footballer
- Johanne Andersen (women's rights activist), Danish women's rights activists
- Johannes Andersen (musician), Danish composer
- Kai Normann Andersen, Danish composer
- Kenneth Andersen, Norwegian player of American football and a member of the Eidsvoll 1814s
- Kate Andersen, New Zealand teacher, community leader and writer
- Kim Andersen (cyclist), Danish former professional road bicycle racer and current cycling team directeur sportif
- Kirsti Andersen, historian
- Knud Andersen (disambiguation), several people
- LaDell Andersen, American basketball coach
- Mads Andersen, Danish chess grandmaster
- Mark Andersen, American community activist
- Matt Andersen, Canadian musician
- May Andersen, Danish model
- Mette Andersen, Danish cyclist
- Mette Marie Andersen, birth name of Saliha Marie Fetteh, Danish writer, lecturer and imam
- Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
- Mikkel Andersen (disambiguation)
- Morten Andersen, Danish American football player
- Neil L. Andersen, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the LDS Church
- Rigmor Andersen, Danish designer, educator, and author
- Ron Andersen, American bridge player
- Roy Andersen, Norwegian long-distance runner
- Roy Andersen (general), South African businessman and retired general
- Sarah Andersen, American cartoonist
- Sophus Andersen, Danish composer
- Stell Andersen,, American pianist
- Stephan Andersen, Danish football goalkeeper
- Stephen O. Andersen, scientist
- Theresa Berg Andersen, Danish politician
- Thomas Herman Andersen, Western Australian police commissioner
- Tom Andersen, American politician
- Torben Andersen, American economist
- Troy Andersen, American football player
- Uell Stanley Andersen, American writer
- Vilhelm Andersen, Danish author
- Walter K. Andersen, American scholar
Fictional characters
- Jesse Anderson (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX), also named Johan Andersen, from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Riley Andersen, from the Pixar film Inside Out and its sequel