Mortensen
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mortensen (plural Mortensens)
- A surname from Danish or Norwegian
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mortensen is the 3282nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11013 individuals. Mortensen is most common among White (93.48%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mortensen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 623.
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a patronymic from Morten + -sen.
Proper noun
[edit]Mortensen
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a patronymic from Morten + -sen.
Proper noun
[edit]Mortensen
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Danish
- English surnames from Norwegian
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
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- Norwegian terms suffixed with -sen
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian surnames
- Norwegian surnames from patronymics