Iversen is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Iversen
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning:

Iversen is variant form of Eves. See Eve - Apparently an obsolete personal name - perhaps the same as Ivo; whence Eveson and Eves. A London perfumer (1852) bears the queer epicene appellation of Adam Eve! In the Hundred Rolls we have Adam, son of Eve-Ad fil' Eve.

Family name is an adaptation of the Eve. Apparently an obsolete personal name - perhaps the same as Ivo; whence Eveson and Eves. A London perfumer (1852) bears the queer epicene appellation of Adam Eve! In the Hundred Rolls we have Adam, son of Eve-Ad fil' Eve.

The family name Iversen is a variant of the Eaves. A township in Staffordshire.

Variant of Ivers. Descendant of Iver meaning "archer".

The surname Iversen is variant of the Evers. The son of Ever, a pet form of Everard meaning "boar, strong".

The son of Iver meaning "archer".

The form of Evers. This name is found in county of Meath, very early after Strongbow's invasion of Ireland, in the form of De Evere. It is therefore probably of English or Anglo-Norman origin.

How popular is Iversen?

Iversen is common in Norway, Denmark, United States, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, England, Thailand.

Iversen is ranked 19818 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Iversen bearers increased by 5.17 per cent in 2010 US census to 2562 since 2000, the surname slipped by 390 spots and ranked at 12164. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.95 95.57
Hispanic or Latino 3.08 1.72
Others 1.76 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.62
Black 0.2 0.33
Iversen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Norway which signifies that it is originated from Norway. Around 27633 people have been found who wears Iversen as their family name. Iversen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Iversen:
29 Norway11,243
Countries with thousands of Iversen:
38 Denmark9,505
10,567 United States3,848
Countries with hundreds of Iversen:
1,353 Sweden621
20,150 Germany470
10,305 Canada390
12,852 Australia233
35,008 Brazil217
4,643 New Zealand171
24,727 England165
81,807 Thailand151
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
44,560 South Africa94
115 Greenland85
31,369 Spain64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
168 Faroe Islands36
163,564 France35
71,984 Argentina35
9,690 Scotland31
7,666 Singapore30
54,943 Netherlands25
50,051 Belgium22
53,776 Zimbabwe20
70,237 Greece19
356,066 Indonesia14
19,471 Estonia12
26,155 Chile11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
414,297 Russia9
11,702 China6
75,466 Israel6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

L. Iversen worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 16 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg on Borussia and arrived on June 17, 1857. Smith Paul Iversen, 16 years old S. Iversen, Spinster Bertel Iversen, Freida Iversen (3), Ingeberg Iversen (27) Laborer, 28 years old Johann Iversen, Margaretha Iversen, Farmer Peter Iversen, Karl Iversen (21) Merchant, and 79 other Iversen around 38.6% of whom were laborer while others worked as spinster and merchant, clerk, servant migrated to US from Hamburg, Liverpool and Bremen.

Iversen Namesakes

  • Felix Iversen, Finnish mathematician and a pacifist
  • Bjarne Iversen, Norwegian cross-country skier
  • Trond Iversen, Norwegian cross country skier
  • Ole Iversen, Norwegian gymnast
  • Johannes Iversen, Danish palaeoecologist and plant ecologist
  • Breuk Iversen, designer and writer
  • Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
  • Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer
  • Niels Kristian Iversen, international motorcycle speedway rider

Iversen Namesakes

  • Felix Iversen, Finnish mathematician and a pacifist
  • Bjarne Iversen, Norwegian cross-country skier
  • Trond Iversen, Norwegian cross country skier
  • Ole Iversen, Norwegian gymnast
  • Johannes Iversen, Danish palaeoecologist and plant ecologist
  • Breuk Iversen, designer and writer
  • Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
  • Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer
  • Niels Kristian Iversen, international motorcycle speedway rider

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