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Last name: JENSEN

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All you have to know about the last name JENSEN

Last name frequency

JENSEN : This last name is indexed 7,063,706 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

JENSEN : 1: Danish Norwegian and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jens a shortened form of Johannes (see John). This is the most frequent surname in Denmark. In North America this surname is also an altered form of the variant Jenssen. Compare Jenson 2 and Johnson.2: English: variant of Jennison.

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Most indexed places

København (70,916)
Her I Sognet (70,339)
Gift (53,824)
Danmark (26,849)
Holmens Sogn, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (23,091)
København (Staden) (16,260)
Sankt Johannes Sogn (15,553)
Bergen (14,222)
Oslo, Oslo (14,078)
Ugift (13,994)
Trinitatis Sogn (13,732)
Trinitatis, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (12,499)
Odense (11,971)
Dronninglund (11,516)
Kjøbenhavn (10,768)
København Vor Frue Sogn (10,058)
Randers Sankt Mortens Sogn (10,044)
Horsens Vor Frelsers Sogn (9,979)
Århus Domsogn (9,755)
Enke (9,738)
Frue Kirke or Vor Frue Kirke, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn (9,605)
Vang (9,544)
Horsens (9,316)
Holmens Sogn (9,258)
Kristiansand (8,658)
Dronninglund Sogn, Ålborg Amt, Hjørring Amt (8,445)
Lyngby (8,249)
Sankt Matthaeus, Københavns Amt, Staden København (8,135)
Aarhus (7,769)
Vejle (7,487)
Århus (7,351)
Randers (6,897)
Tikøb (6,864)
Garnisons Sogn (6,828)
Tikøb Sogn (6,785)
Vejle Sogn (Vejle amt) (6,728)
København Sankt Pauls Sogn (6,686)
Aalborg (6,661)
Århus Vor Frue Sogn (6,571)
Helligånd Sogn (6,471)
Hjørring Amt (6,406)
Astrup (6,384)
Frederiksberg (6,376)
Øyestad (6,230)
Halden (6,122)
Esbjerg (6,112)
Nyborg (5,999)
Kongsberg (5,997)
Karlebo (5,855)
Odense Amt (5,847)
Copenhagen, Copenhagen (5,832)
Nes (5,782)
Smidstrup Sogn (5,771)
Kristiania (5,709)
Slagelse (5,630)
Ringsaker (5,629)
Tved (5,598)
Asminderød (5,556)
Tikob (5,538)
Odder Sogn (5,463)

Most indexed countries

Denmark (6,016,534)
Norway (838,737)
United States (86,430)
Sweden (22,699)
Germany (12,370)
United Kingdom (5,938)
France (4,649)
Australia (4,562)
Netherlands (4,448)
Canada (2,354)
New Zealand (2,339)
Belgium (2,333)
Switzerland (1,699)
Unknown country (968)
Faroe islands (598)
Austria (544)
Latvia (543)
Brazil (426)

Available collections for this name

Archives
(6,822,878)
Family Trees
(174,032)
Newspapers
(44,433)
Books
(18,266)
Other
(2,813)
Obituaries
(698)
Cemeteries
(373)
Magazines
(130)
Memorials
(81)
Coats of Arms
(2)