How common is the surname Thorsen?

3,121 people in the United States had the surname Thorsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,925 Americans. It ranked 10,324th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thorsen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thorsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thorsen?

Jan Einar Thorsen, alpine skier.

Where is the surname Thorsen most common?

Wikidata records people named Thorsen in Norway.

Is the surname Thorsen getting more or less common?

More common. 3,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,121 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Thorsen

A Danish surname, carried by 3,121 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thorsen is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Danish origin

Borrowed both from Danish Thorsen and Norwegian Thorsen.

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 3,121 people named Thorsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,925 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,065.

#10,324

rank among US surnames

3,121

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,733)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,316	Yong	3,123	98,862
#10,320	Merlo	3,122	98,894
#10,324	Joo	3,121	98,925
#10,326	Wegener	3,120	98,957
#10,331	Magruder	3,119	98,989
#10,332	Hauer	3,118	99,020

Who is named Thorsen

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

95% of people named Thorsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thorsens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jan Einar Thorsen
Alpine skier, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thorsen

Thorsen has the Soundex code T625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T625.

Other Danish surnames

All 50 Danish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thorsen come from?: Borrowed both from Danish Thorsen and Norwegian Thorsen.
How common is the surname Thorsen?: 3,121 people in the United States had the surname Thorsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,925 Americans. It ranked 10,324th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thorsen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thorsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thorsen?: Jan Einar Thorsen, alpine skier.
Where is the surname Thorsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Thorsen in Norway.
Is the surname Thorsen getting more or less common?: More common. 3,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,121 in 2010, up 1.8%.