Jesperson Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Jesperson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jesperson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5421:668,74353,351
Canada461:800,99162,809
Sweden361:273,52118,976
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Jesperson (15) may also be a first name.

Jesperson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jesperson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Jesperson is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jesperson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 490,085th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Jesperson live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

The last name Jesperson is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 542 people, or 1 in 668,743. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 16 percent live, Minnesota, where 15 percent live and Utah, where 12 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

Jesperson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jesperson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jesperson last name expanded 1,023 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jesperson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jesperson last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jesperson earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.94% less than the national average, earning $41,451 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.55% more than the national average, earning $55,421 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jesperson
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