Jensen (surname)

Jensen is a Danish and Norwegian surname. The surname Jensen first originated in many regions across early Denmark, stemming from the popularity of the name "John." Initially a first name, "John" eventually evolved into the surname Jensen with the addition of the "sen" or "son" suffix.[1] In Denmark the Jensen surname is the most common with 234,472 people bearing it. In Norway 26,645 have the surname, and in the United States, Jensen is the surname of 157,671 citizens. [2]

Jensen
Origin
Meaning"Jehovah has favored"
Region of originDenmark, Norway
Other names
Variant form(s)Jenson


There was no "Jensen family," merely a system of patronymics that was finally fixed in the 19th century at an arbitrary time, when the state bureaucracy required family names; before that people took their name from their father's first name.[3]

List of persons with the surname

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Fictional characters

See also

References
  1. "Jensen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". House of names. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. https://forebears.io/surnames/jensen
  3. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. xxxv & 282-83.
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