Sorensen

Sorensen is the 1,246th most common surname in the United States, shared by 27,819 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 10,700.

By the numbers

People: 27,819
Rank: 1,246th
How common: 1 in 10,700
Per 100,000: 9.3

Where the name comes from

Origin Danish

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Sorensen described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
Black, not Hispanic 0.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Sorensen

Thomas Sørensen (born 1976)Danish footballer
Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen (1868–1939)Danish chemist
Frederik Sørensen (born 1992)Danish footballer
Chris Anker Sørensen (1984–2021)Danish road bicycle racer
Inge Sørensen (1924–2011)Danish swimmer
Rolf Sørensen (born 1965)Danish cyclist, born 1965
Ted Sorensen (1928–2010)American lawyer and presidential adviser
Nicki Sørensen (born 1975)Danish cyclist, born 1975

People named Sorensen with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Sorensen

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.