Eriksen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Denmark
Germany
Norway

Eriksen Ranking

In the United States, the name Eriksen is the 13,296^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Eriksen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eriksen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Josephine Eriksen, aged 14, who arrived in New York, NY in 1843 2
Martin Eriksen, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2
Olonia Eriksen, aged 21, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 2
Carl Eriksen, aged 27, who landed in New York, NY in 1869 2
Solomon Eriksen, who landed in Iowa in 1887 2

Eriksen migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eriksen Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Miss Grace Eriksen, Norwegian settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951
Mrs. Martha Dale Eriksen, Norwegian settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951
Miss Anne Lisbeth Eriksen, Norwegian settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951
Miss Inger Solveig Eriksen, Norwegian settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951
Mr. Thore Eriksen, Canadian settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951

Eriksen migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Eriksen Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Christopher Eriksen, aged 28, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "England" in 1872 3
Bertha Maria Eriksen, aged 28, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "England" in 1872 3
Miss Caroline Christine Eriksen, (b. 1847), aged 25, Scandinavian maid servant travelling from Hamburg aboard the ship "Palmerston" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 12th December 1872 4
Mr. Peter Eriksen, (b. 1838), aged 34, Scandinavian labourer travelling from Hamburg aboard the ship "Palmerston" arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 12th December 1872 4
Gustap Eriksen, aged 34, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Duke of Edinburgh" in 1873

Contemporary Notables of the name Eriksen (post 1700) +

Synnøve Eriksen (b. 1963), Norwegian novelist who has written 20 books in the Bergfoss series
Torun Eriksen (b. 1977), Norwegian jazz singer
Olle Johan Eriksen (1923-1999), Norwegian politician
Rita Eriksen (b. 1966), Norwegian singer and solo artist and as part of the Norwegian singing duo Eriksen in the 1990's
Rune Eriksen (b. 1975), known by his stage name Blasphemer, Norwegian musician
Lars Erik Eriksen (b. 1954), retired Norwegian cross-country skier
Mads Eriksen (b. 1977), Norwegian cartoonist
Emil Marius Eriksen (1886-1950), Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
Nils Kristian "Påsan" Eriksen (1911-1975), Norwegian association football player
Alf Ivar Eriksen (b. 1942), former Norwegian speed skater, silver medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics
... (Another 26 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Eriksen family +

Empress of Ireland

Mr. Anthon Eriksen (d. 1914), American Third Class Passenger from Chicago, Illinois, United States who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 5

HMS Dorsetshire

Edward Anders Eriksen (d. 1945), British Ordinary Seaman aboard the HMS Dorsetshire when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he died in the sinking 6

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 4th November 2011). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
Commemoration Empress of Ireland 2014. (Retrieved 2014, June 16) . Retrieved from http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/listepsc1.html
Force Z Survivors HMS Dorsetshire Crew List, (Retrieved 2018, February 13th), https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listdorsetshirecrew.html