Thorsen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Thorsen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Thorsen family

Profession Census Frequency
Master 2
Seaman 1
Sailor 1
Ship Carpenter 1
Mate 1
O Seaman 1
Able Seaman 1
Second Mate 1
2nd Mate 1
Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Thorsen

Name Census Frequency
Andrew Thorsen 4
Carl Thorsen 4
John Thorsen 4
Ole Thorsen 4
Mary Thorsen 3
Peter Thorsen 3
Theodor Thorsen 3
Thomas Thorsen 3
Frend Thorsen 2
Hans Thorsen 2
Jacob Thorsen 2
Jakob Thorsen 2
Jens Thorsen 2
Johannes Thorsen 2
Joseph Thorsen 2
Karl Thorsen 2
Knut Thorsen 2
Lars Thorsen 2
Mathias Thorsen 2
Moth Thorsen 2
Nicolas Thorsen 2
Pedea Thorsen 2
Svind Thorsen 2
Thara Thorsen 2
Thorvels Thorsen 2

Thorsen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Atherson 63% 579
2 Autherson 56% 162
3 Thorpson 75% 117
4 Thorsen 100% 106

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The surname Thorsen is the 4th most popular variant of Atherson.

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