The Sorensen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 28,069 people carried this name — #1,251 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 26,705 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sorensen surname
A common surname originating as a patronymic.
Originally a patronymic from Søren + -sen.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Sorensen» (English) and «Sørensen» (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 356 people named Sorensen 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
160 people named Sorensen live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 68 people named Sorensen.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Essonne.
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
39 people named Sorensen have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 187 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 the Nordic population registers
12,765 people named Sorensen 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
Sorensen in American newspapers,
1908–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,194 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sorensen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Clara Sorensen 1877–1959 · sculptor -
Christense Sorensen 1885–1958 · nurse -
Virginia Sorensen 1912–1991 · writer -
Ted Sorensen 1928–2010 · writer -
Philip C. Sorensen 1933–2017 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 148 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sorensen.
- Sor 539 · U.S. census
- Sorce 943 · U.S. census
- Sordelet 193 · U.S. census
- Sordello 120 · U.S. census
- Sordi 160 · U.S. census
- Sorel 649 · U.S. census
- Sorg 2,903 · U.S. census
- Sorge 1,887 · U.S. census
- Soria 14,477 · U.S. census
- Soriano 25,916 · U.S. census
- Sorin 280 · U.S. census
- Soro 323 · U.S. census
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