How common is the surname Jespersen?

1,285 people in the United States had the surname Jespersen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. It ranked 20,617th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jespersen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Jespersen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Jespersen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,285 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Jespersen

A Danish surname, carried by 1,285 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jespersen is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Jespersen.

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 1,285 people named Jespersen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,270.

#20,617

rank among US surnames

1,285

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,642)

Who is named Jespersen

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Jespersen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jespersen come from?: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Jespersen.
How common is the surname Jespersen?: 1,285 people in the United States had the surname Jespersen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. It ranked 20,617th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jespersen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Jespersen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Jespersen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,285 in 2010, up 1.2%.