# Dahlgren (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dahlgren/  
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) | 3,096 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,405 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 99,724 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (3,142 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Dahlgren, from dahl (“valley”) + gren (“branch”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dahlgren 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dahlgren in Argentina and Sweden.

## People named Dahlgren

- Jennifer Dahlgren, Argentinian athletics competitor (born 1984)
- Gertrud Dahlgren, botanist (1931-2009)

## Similar surnames

Delacruz, Delagarza, Delosreyes, Delacerda, Delozier, Delcarmen, Delgrosso, Delosrios.

## 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.