How common is the surname Bergstrom?

8,908 people in the United States had the surname Bergstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,659 Americans. It ranked 3,986th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bergstrom?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bergstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bergstrom?

Olof Bergström, actor (1919–1984), followed by George Bergstrom.

Where is the surname Bergstrom most common?

Wikidata records people named Bergstrom in Sweden, the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Bergstrom getting more or less common?

More common. 8,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,908 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Bergstrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 8,908 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bergstrom is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Bergström.

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 8,908 people named Bergstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,659 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,699.

#3,986

rank among US surnames

8,908

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,744)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,977	Hamblin	8,936	34,551
#3,978	Greiner	8,935	34,555
#3,979	To	8,934	34,558
#3,981	Yun	8,933	34,562
#3,982	Aiello	8,927	34,586
#3,983	Baptiste	8,915	34,632
#3,984	Grice	8,914	34,636

Who is named Bergstrom

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

95% of people named Bergstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bergstroms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Olof Bergström
Actor (1919–1984)
George Bergstrom
American architect (1876–1955)
Dana M. Bergstrom
Australian ecologist, born 1962

Notable Bergstroms come mostly from Sweden (1), the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Bergstrom

Brostrom

Bergstrom has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bergstrom come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Bergström.
How common is the surname Bergstrom?: 8,908 people in the United States had the surname Bergstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,659 Americans. It ranked 3,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bergstrom?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bergstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bergstrom?: Olof Bergström, actor (1919–1984), followed by George Bergstrom.
Where is the surname Bergstrom most common?: Wikidata records people named Bergstrom in Sweden, the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Bergstrom getting more or less common?: More common. 8,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,908 in 2010, up 2.4%.