Jörgensen Surname
Approximately 2,829 people bear this surname
Jörgensen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2,001 | 1:4,921 | 467 |
| Germany | 571 | 1:140,990 | 17,074 |
| Iceland | 61 | 1:6,231 | 702 |
| Switzerland | 46 | 1:178,542 | 16,145 |
| Denmark | 42 | 1:134,398 | 12,049 |
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Jörgensén (8) & Jõrgensen (2) are calculated separately.
Jörgensen Demographics
Average Jörgensen Salary in
Norway
211,990 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Jörgensen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jörgensen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jörgensen occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Jörgensén or Jõrgensen. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jörgensen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jörgensen is the 155,051st most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,576,015 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Jörgensen live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 76 percent live in Scandinavia.
Jörgensen is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 2,001 people, or 1 in 4,921. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 29 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 20 percent live and Stockholm County, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 20 percent live and Iceland, where 2 percent live.
Jörgensen Last Name Statistics demography
Jörgensen earn a lot less than the average income. In Norway they earn 38.75% less than the national average, earning 211,990 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jörgensén | 96 | 8 | / |
| Jõrgensen | 96 | 2 | / |
| Jörgenssen | 95 | 4 | / |
| Jörgenson | 89 | 9 | / |
| Jargensen | 89 | 1 | / |
| Joergensen | 84 | 1,333 | / |
| Jörgensson | 84 | 143 | / |
| Jaargensen | 84 | 0 | / |
| Sorgensen | 78 | 2 | / |
| Jeurgenson | 74 | 0 | / |
| Sorgnsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sargenson | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sorgenson | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jarginson | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sarginson | 56 | 1,285 | / |
| Serginson | 56 | 173 | / |
| Serginsin | 56 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jörgensen
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