Sorenson Surname

21,725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,051 people bear this surname

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

Sorenson Surname Definition:

(Danish) The son of Soren (severe or strict), from Severinus, the name of several saints. Soren has also been used as a term for the devil.

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Sorenson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States23,0191:15,7462,004
Canada1,1071:33,2844,299
Australia3131:86,2489,971
New Zealand2361:19,1883,376
England1291:431,92329,000
Argentina631:678,46746,871
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Israel241:356,56829,419
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Wales151:206,30213,003
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Panama71:558,8949,437
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
France31:22,140,907385,998
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5111:33,2353,987

Sorenson (53) may also be a first name.

Sorenson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Danish) The son of Soren (severe or strict), from Severinus, the name of several saints. Soren has also been used as a term for the devil.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

A Danish surname, meaning 'descendant of Søren', from Latin severinus, meaning 'strict'. The ø in this surname is quite unusual for non-Danish languages, so when immigrating many chose (or were forced to by default) to change their surname to fit the countries language orthographic rules.

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Sorenson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sorenson (Russian: Соренсон) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorenson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 21,725th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 290,908 people. The last name Sorenson is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sorenson are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 53 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 23,019 people, or 1 in 15,746. In The United States Sorenson is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 13 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Utah, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States Sorenson is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Sorenson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sorenson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sorenson surname rose 1,523 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 331 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sorenson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sorenson last name are 18.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.37% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sorenson earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.3% more than the national average, earning $45,866 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.57% less than the national average, earning $48,902 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sorenson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sorenson in the Russian language
Соренсонsorenson-

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