Family name Torgersen (Torgersen 
, Torgerson 
, Торгерсен 
) , all around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The surname Torgersen is characteristic of Norway, where it is quite a common surname, the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, and Sweden. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Norway, and Canada.
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| Torgersen | United Kingdom, United States, Norway, Sweden, Canada |
| Torgerson | Denmark, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Canada |
| Торгерсен | Russia |
Thorgersen, and Torgeirson
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thorvald torgersen Norwegian painter (1862-1943), NO (b. 1862) |
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| halvard torgersen Norwegian farmer, agronomist, school principal, historian (1855-1949) (b. 1855) |
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otto torgersen Norwegian architect (b. 1910) |
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| bertha torgersen Norwegian ship-owner (1864-1954) (b. 1864) |
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| john torgersen Norwegian politician (b. 1878) |
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| thorvald torgersen Norwegian football player and referee (1884-1918), NO (b. 1884) |
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| einar torgersen Norwegian sailor, NO (b. 1886) |
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trond-viggo torgersen Norwegian artist, doctor and children's ombudsman, NO (b. 1952) |
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| johan torgersen Norwegian physician (b. 1906) |
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| olav torgersen Norwegian pathologist (b. 1907) |
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| rolf normann torgersen Norwegian jurist and civil servant (1918-2010), NO (b. 1918) |
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| arne torgersen US (b. 1910) |
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| torgeir torgersen Norwegian association football player (1923-2001), NO (b. 1923) |
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brad r. torgersen American science fiction author, US (b. 1974) |
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| hans torgersen Norwegian politician (1926-2015), NO (b. 1926) |
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