Jorgesen Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

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

Jorgesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jorgesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Jorgesen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jorgesen is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jorgesen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jorgesen is the 2,136,387th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Jorgesen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Jorgesen reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 5,105,055. In The United States Jorgesen is most frequent in: Illinois, where 25 percent live, California, where 17 percent live and Florida, where 14 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Jorgesen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Jorgesen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jorgesen surname rose 1,183 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jorgesen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Jorgesen are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.23% registered with the political party.

Jorgesen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.95% less than the national average, earning $32,814 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 Jorgesen
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