Thordsen Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Thordsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thordsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3681:218,76524,626
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Denmark1471:38,3994,009
Uruguay181:190,65315,539
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Thordsen Last Name Facts

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

Thordsen has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thordsen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thordsen is the 457,199th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Thordsen are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 218,765. In Germany Thordsen is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 86 percent are found, Hamburg, where 5 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Germany Thordsen exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Denmark, where 20 percent are found.

Thordsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Thordsen are 17.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.89% registered with the party.

The amount Thordsen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 222.27% more than the national average, earning R 765,840 per year; in United States they earn 10.41% less than the national average, earning $38,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.74% more than the national average, earning $57,007 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thordtsen941/
Tordsen93187/
Thordson88143/
Thortsen8854/
Thordsson8213/
Tordson809/
Thorzen802/
Thorcen800/
Tordsson75102/
Thortzen7523/
Thortson751/
Therdson751/
Torchen6757/
Thorzén6730/
Tortzen6726/
Tartsen6721/
Tortcen675/
Torcson672/
Torcsán671/
Tharzen671/
Tortson670/

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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 Thordsen
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