Fredericksen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Norway

Fredericksen Ranking

In the United States, the name Fredericksen is the 18,224^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Fredericksen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fredericksen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Willem Fredericksen, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1642 2
William Fredericksen, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1642 2

Fredericksen 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:

Fredericksen Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Hermann Fredericksen, aged 23, a labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Forfarshire" in 1873 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Fredericksen (post 1700) +

Brenda Fredericksen, American Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland
Emil Fredericksen (b. 1960), American watertender serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery

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 6th November 2011). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html