How common is the surname Johnsen?

7,831 people in the United States had the surname Johnsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,426 Americans. It ranked 4,528th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Johnsen?

Britton Johnsen, American basketball player (born 1979).

Where is the surname Johnsen most common?

Wikidata records people named Johnsen in the United States.

Is the surname Johnsen getting more or less common?

More common. 7,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,831 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Johnsen

A Danish patronymic surname, carried by 7,831 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Johnsen is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Borrowed from Danish Johnsen, patronymic from John + -sen.

Johnsen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 7,831 people named Johnsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,426 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,381.

#4,528

rank among US surnames

7,831

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,439)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,519	Servin	7,842	39,371
#4,521	Mertz	7,841	39,376
#4,522	Stephan	7,840	39,381
#4,523	Flora	7,837	39,396
#4,524	Unruh	7,835	39,406
#4,525	Travers	7,833	39,416
#4,526	Ascencio	7,832	39,421

Who is named Johnsen

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

92% of people named Johnsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Johnsens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Britton Johnsen
American basketball player (born 1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Johnsen

Johnsen has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Johnsen come from?: Borrowed from Danish Johnsen, patronymic from John + -sen.
How common is the surname Johnsen?: 7,831 people in the United States had the surname Johnsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,426 Americans. It ranked 4,528th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Johnsen?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Johnsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Johnsen?: Britton Johnsen, American basketball player (born 1979).
Where is the surname Johnsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Johnsen in the United States.
What type of surname is Johnsen?: Johnsen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Johnsen getting more or less common?: More common. 7,381 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,831 in 2010, up 6.1%.