# Jorgensen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jorgensen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Danish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,731 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,728 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,893 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (19,906 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian (Jørgensen) and north German (Jörgensen) surname, patronymic from Jørgen, Jörgen + -sen. Compare George, Jergensen, Jergenson, Jorgenson, Yorgensen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jorgensen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jorgensen in the United States.

## People named Jorgensen

- Jo Jorgensen, American politician, 2020 Libertarian Party presidential candidate
- Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete
- Scott Jorgensen, American mixed martial artist
- Johnny Jorgensen, American basketball player
- Victor Jorgensen, American photographer (1913–1994)
- Jeff Bezos, American business magnate (born 1964)

## Similar surnames

Jorgenson, Jurgensen, Jurgens, Jarquin, Juergens, Jerkins.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.