Jorensen Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Jorensen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jorensen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Jorensen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jorensen is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jorensen.

How Common Is The Last Name Jorensen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jorensen is the 2,776,799th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name Jorensen is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Jorensen live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 7,879,542. In The United States it is most numerous in: South Dakota, where 41 percent live, Colorado, where 20 percent live and Wyoming, where 20 percent live. Excluding The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 2 percent live.

Jorensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jorensen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jorensen Last Name Statistics demography

Jorensen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.01% less than the national average, earning $40,125 USD 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 Jorensen
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