How common is the surname Jorgenson?

7,551 people in the United States had the surname Jorgenson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,888 Americans. It ranked 4,698th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jorgenson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jorgenson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jorgenson?

Matteo Jorgenson, American cyclist, followed by Dale W. Jorgenson.

Where is the surname Jorgenson most common?

Wikidata records people named Jorgenson in the United States.

Is the surname Jorgenson getting more or less common?

More common. 7,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,551 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Jorgenson

A Danish surname, carried by 7,551 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jorgenson is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Americanized from Danish or Norwegian Jørgensen, north German Jörgensen; see Jorgensen. Less commonly a form of Swedish Jörgensson, Jörgenson, of the same meaning. Compare also Jergensen, Jergenson.

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 7,551 people named Jorgenson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,888 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,150.

#4,698

rank among US surnames

7,551

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,689	Lemieux	7,567	40,802
#4,690	Henke	7,566	40,807
#4,692	Avelar	7,564	40,818
#4,693	Carpio	7,561	40,834
#4,694	Graziano	7,559	40,845
#4,695	Damon	7,555	40,866
#4,696	Gearhart	7,553	40,877

Who is named Jorgenson

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

94% of people named Jorgenson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jorgensons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matteo Jorgenson
American cyclist, born 1999
Dale W. Jorgenson
American economist, 1933–2022

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jorgenson

Jorgenson has the Soundex code J625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J625.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jorgenson come from?: Americanized from Danish or Norwegian Jørgensen, north German Jörgensen; see Jorgensen. Less commonly a form of Swedish Jörgensson, Jörgenson, of the same meaning. Compare also Jergensen, Jergenson.
How common is the surname Jorgenson?: 7,551 people in the United States had the surname Jorgenson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,888 Americans. It ranked 4,698th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jorgenson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jorgenson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jorgenson?: Matteo Jorgenson, American cyclist, followed by Dale W. Jorgenson.
Where is the surname Jorgenson most common?: Wikidata records people named Jorgenson in the United States.
Is the surname Jorgenson getting more or less common?: More common. 7,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,551 in 2010, up 5.6%.