The surname Ahlstrom
A Swedish surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A423
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Åhlström, from al (“alder”) + ström (“stream”).
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 1,772 people named Ahlstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,683.
Who is named Ahlstrom
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Ahlstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom has the Soundex code A423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A423.
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ahlstrom come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Åhlström, from al (“alder”) + ström (“stream”).
- How common is the surname Ahlstrom?
- 1,772 people in the United States had the surname Ahlstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ahlstrom?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ahlstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Ahlstrom getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 5.3%.