Thorsen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Thorsen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Thorsen, Thorson and others.

In the United States, the name Thorsen is the 11,438^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bjarne Winter Thorsen (1922-2001), Norwegian resistance member during World War II
Rolf Bernt Thorsen (b. 1961), Norwegian three-time gold, four-time silver medalist competition rower, active in the 1980s
Jan Einar Thorsen (b. 1966), Norwegian Alpine skier who won three World Cup victories, two in Super-G and one in Giant Slalom
Camilla Thorsen (b. 1975), Norwegian team handball player
Sven-Ole Thorsen (b. 1944), Danish actor, stuntman, bodybuilder and strongman competitor

"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)