Mortensen

English

Proper noun

Mortensen (plural Mortensens)

A surname from Danish or Norwegian

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Mortensen is the 3282^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11013 individuals. Mortensen is most common among White (93.48%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mortensen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 623.

Danish

Etymology

Originally a patronymic from Morten +‎ -sen.

Proper noun

Mortensen

a surname originating as a patronymic

Norwegian

Etymology

Originally a patronymic from Morten +‎ -sen.

Proper noun

Mortensen

a surname originating as a patronymic

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.