How common is the surname Ahlgren?

1,090 people in the United States had the surname Ahlgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ahlgren?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ahlgren?

George Ahlgren, American rower.

Where is the surname Ahlgren most common?

Wikidata records people named Ahlgren in the United States.

Is the surname Ahlgren getting more or less common?

More common. 1,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Ahlgren

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,090 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ahlgren is more common than 85.6% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Ahlgren, from al (“alder”) + gren (“branch”).

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,090 people named Ahlgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,026.

#23,354

rank among US surnames

1,090

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #23,207)

Who is named Ahlgren

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Ahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ahlgrens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Ahlgren
American rower, 1928–1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ahlgren

Ahlgren has the Soundex code A426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A426.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ahlgren come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Ahlgren, from al (“alder”) + gren (“branch”).
How common is the surname Ahlgren?: 1,090 people in the United States had the surname Ahlgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,253 Americans. It ranked 23,354th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ahlgren?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ahlgren?: George Ahlgren, American rower.
Where is the surname Ahlgren most common?: Wikidata records people named Ahlgren in the United States.
Is the surname Ahlgren getting more or less common?: More common. 1,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,090 in 2010, up 6.2%.