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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 people.[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]

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References

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  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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