# Bjorkman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bjorkman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,263 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,871 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 244,454 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (1,175 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Björkman, an ornamental surname composed of the elements björk (“birch”) and man (“man”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bjorkman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bjorkman in the United States.

## People named Bjorkman

- Pamela J. Bjorkman, American biochemist

## Similar surnames

Bjork, Bjorklund, Bjorge, Bojorquez, Biggers, Biggerstaff, Buskirk, Bjerke, Bickerstaff, Beshears, Bosarge, Bickers.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.