Find out how popular the last name Hagenson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hagenson.

Hagenson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hagenson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hagenson in America

Hagenson is the 80131st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hagenson surname appeared 237 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hagenson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hagenson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hagenson

The surname Hagenson has its roots in Scandinavia, particularly Norway. The name is believed to have originated in the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century. It is derived from the Old Norse words "hagi," meaning enclosed pasture or meadow, and "son," meaning son or descendant.

Hagenson was likely an occupational surname, initially referring to someone who worked or lived near a meadow or pasture land. As families began to adopt hereditary surnames, it became a patronymic name passed down from father to son.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Hagenson can be found in the Danish Census records of 1646, where a man named Jens Hagenson is listed as residing in the town of Randers, Denmark. This suggests that the name had spread from Norway to neighboring regions by that time.

In Norway, the name Hagenson has been traced back to the 16th century. A notable bearer of the name was Olaf Hagenson, a Norwegian farmer and landowner who lived in the village of Lom in the Gudbrandsdalen valley during the mid-1500s.

Another early record of the name comes from the Swedish Church Records of the 17th century, where a man named Nils Hagenson is mentioned as a resident of the parish of Malmö in southern Sweden.

In the 19th century, a prominent figure with the surname Hagenson was Hans Christian Hagenson, a Norwegian-American artist born in 1837. He was known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from the American West.

Across the Atlantic, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name in North America is that of Sven Hagenson, a Swedish immigrant who settled in the colony of New Sweden (present-day Delaware) in the mid-17th century.

Another notable bearer of the name was Olaf Hagenson, a Norwegian-American logger and entrepreneur born in 1859. He played a significant role in the development of the timber industry in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

In more recent times, Ingrid Hagenson, a Norwegian-American author and historian born in 1905, gained recognition for her works documenting the experiences of Norwegian immigrants in the United States.

Overall, the surname Hagenson has a rich history rooted in the Scandinavian countries, particularly Norway, and has been carried across the world by individuals of Norwegian and Swedish descent over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hagenson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hagenson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hagenson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hagenson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hagenson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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