How common is the surname Bjorkman?

1,263 people in the United States had the surname Bjorkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. It ranked 20,871st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bjorkman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bjorkman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bjorkman?

Pamela J. Bjorkman, American biochemist.

Where is the surname Bjorkman most common?

Wikidata records people named Bjorkman in the United States.

Is the surname Bjorkman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,263 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Bjorkman

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,263 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B262

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bjorkman is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

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

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 1,263 people named Bjorkman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,175.

#20,871

rank among US surnames

1,263

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,887)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,864	Cadieux	1,264	244,261
#20,871	Gauntt	1,263	244,454

Who is named Bjorkman

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

95% of people named Bjorkman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bjorkmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pamela J. Bjorkman
American biochemist, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bjorkman

Bjorkman has the Soundex code B262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B262.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bjorkman come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Björkman, an ornamental surname composed of the elements björk (“birch”) and man (“man”).
How common is the surname Bjorkman?: 1,263 people in the United States had the surname Bjorkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,454 Americans. It ranked 20,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bjorkman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bjorkman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bjorkman?: Pamela J. Bjorkman, American biochemist.
Where is the surname Bjorkman most common?: Wikidata records people named Bjorkman in the United States.
Is the surname Bjorkman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,263 in 2010, up 7.5%.