The surname Christoffersen
A Danish surname, carried by 1,410 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex C623
Origin
Danish origin
Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Christoffersen.
One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,410 people named Christoffersen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,318.
Who is named Christoffersen
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Christoffersen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Christoffersen
Christoffersen has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.
Other Danish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Christoffersen come from?
- Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Christoffersen.
- How common is the surname Christoffersen?
- 1,410 people in the United States had the surname Christoffersen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. It ranked 19,234th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Christoffersen?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Christoffersen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Christoffersen getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,410 in 2010, up 7.0%.