Jensen (surname)

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Jensen
Origin
Region of originDenmark, Norway
Other names
Variant form(s) Jenson

Jensen is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname derived from the given name Jens (given name)

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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. [1]

List of persons with the surname

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Fictional characters

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References

  1. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988), pp. xxxv & 282-83.