How common is the surname Mortensen?

11,013 people in the United States had the surname Mortensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,035 Americans. It ranked 3,282nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mortensen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mortensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mortensen?

Viggo Mortensen, American actor, followed by Dale T. Mortensen.

Where is the surname Mortensen most common?

Wikidata records people named Mortensen in the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.

Is the surname Mortensen getting more or less common?

More common. 10,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,013 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Mortensen

A Danish surname, carried by 11,013 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mortensen is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Mortensen.

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 11,013 people named Mortensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,035 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,208.

#3,282

rank among US surnames

11,013

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,211)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,278	Brackett	11,027	27,999
#3,279	Lively	11,026	28,002
#3,280	Sell	11,014	28,032
#3,282	Mortensen	11,013	28,035

Who is named Mortensen

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

93% of people named Mortensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mortensens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Viggo Mortensen
American actor, born 1958
Dale T. Mortensen
American economist (1939–2014)
Matt Mortensen
American luger, born 1985

Notable Mortensens come mostly from the United States (2) and the Kingdom of Denmark (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mortensen

Mortensen has the Soundex code M635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M635.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mortensen come from?: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Mortensen.
How common is the surname Mortensen?: 11,013 people in the United States had the surname Mortensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,035 Americans. It ranked 3,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mortensen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mortensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mortensen?: Viggo Mortensen, American actor, followed by Dale T. Mortensen.
Where is the surname Mortensen most common?: Wikidata records people named Mortensen in the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Is the surname Mortensen getting more or less common?: More common. 10,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,013 in 2010, up 7.9%.