How common is the surname Sorensen?

28,069 people in the United States had the surname Sorensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,000 Americans. It ranked 1,251st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sorensen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sorensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sorensen?

Ted Sorensen, American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010), followed by James Sorensen.

Where is the surname Sorensen most common?

Wikidata records people named Sorensen in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Sorensen getting more or less common?

More common. 26,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,069 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Sorensen

A Danish surname, carried by 28,069 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sorensen is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Borrowed from Danish Sørensen.

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 28,069 people named Sorensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,000 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,705.

#1,251

rank among US surnames

28,069

people in 2010

9.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,201)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,242	Childs	28,359	10,887
#1,243	Belcher	28,321	10,902
#1,244	Wills	28,219	10,941
#1,245	Womack	28,201	10,948
#1,246	Dye	28,182	10,955
#1,247	Arthur	28,102	10,987
#1,248	Grace	28,098	10,988

Who is named Sorensen

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

94% of people named Sorensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sorensens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ted Sorensen
American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010)
James Sorensen
Australian model-actor, born 1986
Rickie Sorensen
American actor and voice actor (1946-1994)

Notable Sorensens come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sorenson

Surnames that sound like Sorensen

Sorenson
Sørensen

Sorensen has the Soundex code S652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S652.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sorensen come from?: Borrowed from Danish Sørensen.
How common is the surname Sorensen?: 28,069 people in the United States had the surname Sorensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,000 Americans. It ranked 1,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sorensen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sorensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sorensen?: Ted Sorensen, American lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010), followed by James Sorensen.
Where is the surname Sorensen most common?: Wikidata records people named Sorensen in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Sorensen getting more or less common?: More common. 26,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,069 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Sorensen?: Sorenson.