The Jensen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 115,679 people carried this name — #265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,550 people counted. That is up 3% from 112,332 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Jensen surname
The most common surname originating as a patronymic in Denmark.
Originally a patronymic from Jens + -sen.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Jensen» (Danish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,586 people named Jensen live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
360 people named Jensen live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Jensen.
Most of them — 92 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
142 people named Jensen have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 497 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 77 people named Jensen live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
29,749 people named Jensen are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Jensen in American newspapers,
1858–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 347,775 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jensen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Albrecht Jensen 1792–1870 · painter -
Cornelius Jensen 1814–1886 -
David Jensen 1816–1902 · sculptor -
Christian Jensen 1823–1884 · politician -
Wilhelm Jensen 1837–1911 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 198 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jensen.
- Jenkins 222,653 · U.S. census
- Jenn 223 · U.S. census
- Jenne 1,311 · U.S. census
- Jenner 2,574 · U.S. census
- Jenni 174 · U.S. census
- Jenny 1,432 · U.S. census
- Jeremie 208 · U.S. census
- Jerez 4,074 · U.S. census
- Jermann 138 · U.S. census
- Jerome 9,131 · U.S. census
- Jeronimo 2,641 · U.S. census
- Jessel 322 · U.S. census
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