Sorensen
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Sorensen is a surname, most frequently recorded in India, where it is the 66th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Danish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Theodore, US public figure.
- DKDenmark1 in 154◐
- INIndia1 in 589
- SESweden1 in 722
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈64K ●
- #750 ●
- 6 ●
- Sources
- 415 ●
- 1 in 154 ◐
across 8 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
2.0M records
Official registry-verified
Denmark
Spellings & scripts●
4 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Surendra in IN India, MY Malaysia, GY Guyana and 4 more, Sörensen in SE Sweden, DE Germany, AR Argentina, Sorenson in AG Antigua & Barbuda, SG Singapore and Soren in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Theodore, US public figure
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #66 | 4,769,682 | 1.6M rec. | — | 416K | Surendra | 219 |
| DK Denmark | — | 38,087△ | 4.7K rec. | 1 in 154 | 38K | Sorensen | 157 |
| SE Sweden | — | 14,135△ | 2.1K rec. | 1 in 722 | 14K | Sörensen | 34 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 13,924 | 13K rec. | — | 5 | Sorensen | 91 |
| AU Australia | — | 12,892 | 12K rec. | — | 3 | Sorensen | 135 |
| CA Canada | — | 10,863 | 10K rec. | — | 16 | Sorensen | 116 |
| US United States | — | 7,640 | 387K rec. | 1 in 44K | 28K | Sorensen | 415 |
| DE Germany | — | 4,770 | 4.3K rec. | — | 2 | Sörensen | 66 |
| FR France | — | 3,760△ | 7 rec. | 1 in 18K | 3.8K | — | 4 |
| IT Italy | — | 1,989 | 2.1K rec. | — | 1 | Sorensen | 14 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | 1,967 | 1.8K rec. | — | 10 | Sorensen | 44 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 1,850 | 893 rec. | — | — | Surendra | 24 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English235K71%
- Danish37K11%
- Spanish13K4%
- 7.6K2%
- Norwegian6.8K2%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 234,825 | 71% |
| Danish | 37,001 | 11% |
| Spanish | 13,169 | 4% |
| 7,612 | 2% | |
| Norwegian | 6,795 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1901 | 8 |
| 1911 | 3 |
| 1921 | 2 |
| 1931 | 9 |
| 1941 | 9 |
| 1951 | 9 |
| 1961 | 12 |
| 1971 | 20 |
| 1981 | 13 |
| 1991 | 20 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Virginia Sorensenb. 1912USAmerican writer (1912-1991)
- Paul Sorensenb. 1926USAmerican actor (1926–2008)
- Theodore Sorensenb. 1928USAmerican lawyer and presidential adviser (1928–2010)
- Rickie Sorensenb. 1946USAmerican actor and voice actor (1946-1994)
- Gerry Sorensenb. 1958CACanadian alpine skier
- Eric Sorensenb. 1976USAmerican meteorologist and politician (born 1976)
- Nick Sorensenb. 1978USAmerican football player
- Louk Sorensenb. 1985IEIrish tennis player
- James Sorensenb. 1986AUAustralian model-actor
- Jesse Sorensenb. 1989USAmerican professional wrestler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 29 sources across 19 countries.
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 63 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Sorensen?
- We estimate roughly 64 thousand people bear Sorensen (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Sorensen have the most bearers?
- Sorensen is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled surendra.
- Where is Sorensen most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sorensen is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 154 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Sorensen compared with other names?
- In India, Sorensen is the 66th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Sorensen mean?
- Recorded meaning: Theodore, US public figure
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sorensen” — the 66th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.