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    The surname Brostrom

    A Swedish surname, carried by 606 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B623

    Brostrom: #36,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brostrom #36,838, 606 people Brostrom: #36,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Brostrom #36,838, 606 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brostrom is more common than 77.3% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Broström, from bro (“bridge”) + ström (“stream, current”).

    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 606 people named Brostrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 579.

    #36,838
    rank among US surnames
    606
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #36,463)

    Who is named Brostrom

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

    97% of people named Brostrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Brostrom

    Brostrom 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 Brostrom come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Broström, from bro (“bridge”) + ström (“stream, current”).
    How common is the surname Brostrom?
    606 people in the United States had the surname Brostrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. It ranked 36,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brostrom?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Brostrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brostrom getting more or less common?
    More common. 579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 606 in 2010, up 4.7%.