In a message dated 16/11/2003 04:11:03 GMT Standard Time, Xxxxxxx writes:

Whats with the Larsen? Is that what everyone is called?

no only sons of LARS
the girls were Larsdatter - the daughters got called Larsen too when patronymics were forbidden

Danmarks Statistik: 2001

Statistik Navne Hvor mange hedder...(Opdateret 16. Januar)

Statistics >names > how many called (opdated 16 January 2003)

2002 2003 Ændring/change

Mænd og kvinder med efternavnet 'larsen' 131398 130547 -851
men and women with surname .. . . .

Mænd der har fornavnet 'lars' 48353 48114 -239
men who have first name
2002 2003 Ændring

Mænd der har fornavnet 'jens' 58508 57691 -817
2002 2003 Ændring
Mænd og kvinder med efternavnet 'jensen' 309161 306165 -2996
the number one name TODAY out of about 5 million Danes

dates and places are critical with big names

top 20 names
Statistik Navne Mest populære for- og efternavne for alle danskere Navne TOP-20 for hele Danmarks befolkning pr. 1 januar 2003

Fornavne Efternavne

Nr. Navn Antal Nr. Navn Antal Nr. Navn Antal
1 Jens 57.691 1 Kirsten 50.309 1 Jensen 306.165
2 Peter 52.497 2 Anne 48.787 2 Nielsen 299.363
3 Lars 48.114 3 Hanne 42.641 3 Hansen 251.404
4 Hans 46.978 4 Mette 39.714 4 Pedersen 188.425
5 Niels 46.502 5 Anna 39.681 5 Andersen 173.830
6 Michael 46.292 6 Karen 35.694 6 Christensen 134.047
7 Jørgen 45.360 7 Helle 35.370 7 Larsen 130.547
8 Søren 44.628 8 Susanne32.884 8 Sørensen 125.152
9 Henrik 44.454 9 Inge 32.705 9 Rasmussen 104.843
10 Thomas 41.835 10 Lene 32.379 10 Jørgensen 99.009
11 Jan 41.242 11 Inger 31.923 11 Petersen 93.198
12 Erik 39.438 12 Else 30.992 12 Madsen 70.683
13 Ole 37.739 13 Marianne 28.322 13 Kristensen 65.296
14 Martin 36.962 14 Bente 27.470 14 Olsen 54.483
15 Per 36.119 15 Lone 26.758 15 Thomsen 40.648
16 Poul 35.852 16 Maria 25.723 16 Christiansen 40.427
17 Christian 35.540 17 Jette 25.150 17 Poulsen 34.422
18 Anders 35.033 18 Pia 25.047 18 Johansen 33.230
19 Morten 34.786 19 Birthe 24.221 19 Knudsen 32.175
20 Jesper 34.575 20 Charlotte 23.970 20 Mortensen 31.462

notice ALL 20 top surnames originally patronymics

Jørgen = George
Jens = John = Hans = Johannes = Jan
many biblical and saints names
Carl = Charles

NOTE IMPORTANT
double first names always said together even if no hyphen
Hans Christian
Carl Ludvig

C in older forms and K is more moden Karl

little k karl = farmhand or bloke
in old english CHURL
Dictionary.com/churl
>> The word churl comes almost unchanged in meaning and pronunciation, though not in spelling, from Old English ceorl, “freeman of the lowest class.”
An Anglo-Saxon ceorl had a social position above a slave but below a thegn, “thane.” <<

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ceorl man, ceorl; akin to Old Norse karl man, husband

The tribe of ANGLES came from ANGELN to the south of Jutland

and the SAXONS were a little further south.
All were speaking variations of Old Germanic
like the Scandinavians speaking "the Danish Tongue" now caled Norse