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Jensen is a very common ln in Denmark. I've never heard of Jenson, looks like a mix-up of Janson and Jensen to me.

The reason that these names (Jensen, Jansson, Jönsson, Johansson, Jonsson, Johnson, Jackson) are so common is that the fn John (or Johan, Jan, Jon, Jens, Jöns, Jack) always has been very common.

All son-names are kind of boring imo. Many Swedes change their dull son-ln to a more uncommon one. Which is why I can't understand why people want to use such names as fn.

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• Is this last name common where you live? - little_kit  May 4 2006, 6:36:41 PM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - morfydd  Jun 28 2006, 6:36:10 AM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - faerielights  May 30 2006, 12:50:38 PM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - Krissy  May 18 2006, 12:57:40 PM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - kappeash  May 15 2006, 9:52:12 AM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - BSchoer10  May 12 2006, 10:11:43 PM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - ADT  May 6 2006, 11:35:10 AM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - Andrew  May 6 2006, 8:23:47 AM
  • Jansson is very common in Sweden - Ylva  May 6 2006, 5:23:09 AM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - Kristen  May 5 2006, 7:45:10 PM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - someone006  May 5 2006, 8:07:14 AM
  • Re: Is this last name common where you live? - Hilary  May 4 2006, 7:21:58 PM