Sorenson Surname History

Sorenson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Severin, Severinsen, Sorenson, SØrensen, Sorens, Sörenson, Sören, Söhren and many more.

In the United States, the name Sorenson is the 2,051^st most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Anders Sorenson, aged 50, who immigrated to the United States from Sweden, in 1900
S M Sorenson, who landed in Mississippi in 1900 2
And Sorenson, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Copenhagen, in 1901
Agnes Sorenson, aged 3, who landed in America, in 1905
Albert Sorenson, aged 34, who immigrated to the United States, in 1921
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

John Leon Sorenson (1924-2021), American anthropologist, scholar and author, professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University
Arne Morris Sorenson (1958-2021), Japanese-born American hotel executive, President and Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International (2012-2021)
Kent Sorenson (b. 1972), Republican politician and legislator
Jonathan "Jon" Sorenson (b. 1964), American academic and educator
Ferdinand Sorenson (1882-1966), prominent music educator in the U.S. state of Oregon as well as a conductor, composer
Reed Sorenson (b. 1986), American race car driver
Private Richard Keith Sorenson, American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
Cleveland Sorenson, American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Manistee County; Elected 1930 3
Charles W. Sorenson, American politician, Mayor of Bozeman, Montana, 1948-49 3
C. M. Sorenson, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1936 (alternate), 1940 3
... (Another 26 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Mr. Soren Sorenson, Canadian 2nd Class passenger from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who sailed aboard the RMS Lusitania (1915) and survived the sinking 4

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 25) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Lusitania Passenger List - The Lusitania Resource. (Retrieved 2014, March 6) . Retrieved from http://www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania-passenger-list/