How common is the surname Lorentzen?

1,330 people in the United States had the surname Lorentzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. It ranked 20,088th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lorentzen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lorentzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lorentzen?

Haakon Lorentzen, Brazilian banker; son of Princess Ragnhild of Norway and Erling Lorentzen.

Where is the surname Lorentzen most common?

Wikidata records people named Lorentzen in Norway.

Is the surname Lorentzen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,330 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Lorentzen

A surname, carried by 1,330 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lorentzen is more common than 87.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,330 people named Lorentzen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,265.

#20,088

rank among US surnames

1,330

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,710)

Who is named Lorentzen

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

94% of people named Lorentzen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lorentzens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Haakon Lorentzen
Brazilian banker; son of Princess Ragnhild of Norway and Erling Lorentzen, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lorentzen

Lorentz

Lorentzen has the Soundex code L653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L653.

Questions

How common is the surname Lorentzen?: 1,330 people in the United States had the surname Lorentzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,140 Americans. It ranked 20,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lorentzen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lorentzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lorentzen?: Haakon Lorentzen, Brazilian banker; son of Princess Ragnhild of Norway and Erling Lorentzen.
Where is the surname Lorentzen most common?: Wikidata records people named Lorentzen in Norway.
Is the surname Lorentzen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,330 in 2010, up 5.1%.