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    The surname Bystrom

    A Swedish surname, carried by 592 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B236

    Bystrom: #37,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bystrom #37,591, 592 people Bystrom: #37,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bystrom #37,591, 592 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bystrom is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Byström, a compound of by (“village”) + ström (“stream, river”).

    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 592 people named Bystrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. That is down 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 634.

    #37,591
    rank among US surnames
    592
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #33,876)

    Who is named Bystrom

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

    96% of people named Bystrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Bystrom

    Bystrom has the Soundex code B236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B236.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bystrom come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Byström, a compound of by (“village”) + ström (“stream, river”).
    How common is the surname Bystrom?
    592 people in the United States had the surname Bystrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. It ranked 37,591st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bystrom?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bystrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bystrom getting more or less common?
    Less common. 634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 592 in 2010, down 6.6%.