Thorgersen Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Thorgersen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 285 | 1:18,043 | 2,258 |
| United States | 120 | 1:3,020,491 | 176,226 |
| Denmark | 42 | 1:134,398 | 12,049 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Thorgersen Demographics
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Thorgersen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thorgersen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thorgersen is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thorgersen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 620,716th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Thorgersen reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 68 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Thorgersen is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 18,043. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 76 percent reside, Western Norway, where 16 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Norway this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Denmark, where 8 percent reside.
Thorgersen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Thorgersen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thorgersen last name grew 1,091 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Thorgersen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Thorgersen last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Thorgersen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.73% less than the national average, earning 326,248 kr per year and in United States they earn 25.5% more than the national average, earning $54,154 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torgersen | 95 | 5,387 | / |
| Thorersen | 95 | 1 | / |
| Thorgerson | 90 | 119 | / |
| Torgeirsen | 90 | 17 | / |
| Thorgorsen | 90 | 1 | / |
| Torgeersen | 90 | 1 | / |
| Torgersn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Thorgeirson | 86 | 83 | / |
| Thorgersson | 86 | 4 | / |
| Torgerson | 84 | 7,250 | / |
| Tergersen | 84 | 1 | / |
| Targersen | 84 | 1 | / |
| Thorerson | 84 | 0 | / |
| Thorgeirsson | 82 | 102 | / |
| Torgersson | 80 | 145 | / |
| Torgeirson | 80 | 11 | / |
| Thorgerzon | 80 | 10 | / |
| Toergerson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Torcgerson | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thargerson | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thurgerson | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thorgarson | 80 | 0 | / |
| Torerson | 78 | 1 | / |
| Torgeirsson | 76 | 4 | / |
| Tergerson | 74 | 60 | / |
| Targerson | 74 | 22 | / |
| Turgerson | 74 | 14 | / |
| Torgorson | 74 | 5 | / |
| Torserson | 74 | 1 | / |
| Torgersom | 74 | 1 | / |
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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 Thorgersen
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