Mortesen Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Mortesen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mortesen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Mortesen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mortesen occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mortesen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mortesen is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Mortesen are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 11,326,842. In The United States Mortesen is mostly concentrated in: California, where 38 percent live, Oregon, where 28 percent live and Colorado, where 13 percent live. Beside The United States Mortesen is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 11 percent live and Ecuador, where 3 percent live.

Mortesen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mortesen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 3,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mortesen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mortesen surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

Mortesen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.52% less than the national average, earning $33,434 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 Mortesen
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