Jessen is used as a family name or surname in Norway, England, Denmark. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jessen
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Norway, England, Denmark
Meaning:

The surname Jessen is form of Jesson. Jesse's son.

Form of Jason. Descendant of Jason meaning "healer".

Jessen is the variant form of Jessee. Descendant of Jesse meaning "Jehovah is".

The son of Jesse, a pet form of Johan meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Variation of the Jason. Albeit the baronet family of this name (extinct in 1738) bore in their arms "a golden fleece," It is far more probable that they were only Jamesons with the omission of a couple of letters.

How popular is Jessen?

Jessen is common in Germany, Mozambique, Denmark, United States, Australia, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, England, Greenland.

Jessen is ranked 17909 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Jessen bearers increased by 6.48 per cent in 2010 US census to 4553 since 2000, the surname slipped by 129 spots and ranked at 7327. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.72 95.91
Hispanic or Latino 3.58 2.39
Others 1.1 0.77
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.26
Black 0.44 0.33
Jessen is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Greenland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 30862 people have been found who wears Jessen as their family name. Jessen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Jessen:
1,329 Germany7,603
846 Mozambique7,416
50 Denmark6,944
6,818 United States6,314
Countries with hundreds of Jessen:
7,463 Australia437
1,483 Norway397
9,327 Netherlands311
13,150 Canada293
3,894 Sweden195
38,677 South Africa117
32,533 England108
95 Greenland102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,408 New Zealand86
31,946 Spain62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,748 Singapore43
32,244 Belgium43
10,086 Portugal38
13,148 Chile34
1,065 Iceland33
166,011 Brazil30
20,057 Peru28
86,049 Argentina27
219,029 France19
33,097 Switzerland18
343,519 Thailand16
512,385 India15
27,512 United Arab Emirates11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
88,623 Papua New Guinea10
70,786 Austria9
7,955 China9
26,217 Estonia8
991 Gibraltar6
6,441 Bolivia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

A.E. Jessen was 41 years old when he migrated to United States on October 23, 1855. He lived in Germany where he worked as farmer and took Nord America from Hamburg. Shipping worker Mi. Jessen, Seaman Matth. Jessen, Cecilie Jessen, aged 37, Peter Jessen, aged 37, 18 years old Peter Jessen, Cathrina Jessen (11) Servant, Cathrina Jessen, Servant Marie Jessen, and 478 other Jessen around 42.72% of whom were farmer while others worked as seaman and servant, smith, clerk, laborer, daughter, tailor, spinster, carpenter, shoemaker, painter, merchant, butcher, miller, baker, mason, joiner, engineer migrated to US.

Jessen Namesakes

  • Ulla Jessen, Danish actress
  • George Jessen, optometrist
  • Knud Jessen, Danish botanist and quaternary geologist
  • Gianna Jessen, American pro-life and disability rights activist
  • Leon Jessen, retired Danish football defender

Jessen Namesakes

  • Ulla Jessen, Danish actress
  • George Jessen, optometrist
  • Knud Jessen, Danish botanist and quaternary geologist
  • Gianna Jessen, American pro-life and disability rights activist
  • Leon Jessen, retired Danish football defender

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