Tychsen is a typical Danish surname meaning son of Tycho/Tych after the Danish patronymic naming system.[1] The German form of the name is Tuxen. Tychsen ranks in the top 1000 names in Denmark according to Larsen, Danmarks Statitik 2004.[2]
Both notable orientalists below were born in the Tonder region of Denmark and took up professorships in prominent universities located in Prussian provinces, now Germany.[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Oluf Gerhard Tychsen (1734–1815), German Orientalist and Hebrew scholar
- Thomas Christian Tychsen (1758–1834), German orientalist and Lutheran theologian
- Christian Tychsen, Danish governor
- Christian Tychsen, German recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Andrew C. Tychsen (1893–1986), United States Army brigadier general
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