How common is the surname Dahlgren?

3,096 people in the United States had the surname Dahlgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,724 Americans. It ranked 10,405th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dahlgren?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dahlgren?

Jennifer Dahlgren, Argentinian athletics competitor (born 1984), followed by Gertrud Dahlgren.

Where is the surname Dahlgren most common?

Wikidata records people named Dahlgren in Argentina and Sweden.

Is the surname Dahlgren getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,096 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Dahlgren

A Swedish surname, carried by 3,096 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahlgren is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

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

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 3,096 people named Dahlgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,724 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,142.

#10,405

rank among US surnames

3,096

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,488)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821
#10,413	McDavid	3,092	99,853

Who is named Dahlgren

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

95% of people named Dahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dahlgrens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Dahlgrens come mostly from Argentina (1) and Sweden (1).

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dahlgren come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Dahlgren, from dahl (“valley”) + gren (“branch”).
How common is the surname Dahlgren?: 3,096 people in the United States had the surname Dahlgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,724 Americans. It ranked 10,405th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dahlgren?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dahlgren?: Jennifer Dahlgren, Argentinian athletics competitor (born 1984), followed by Gertrud Dahlgren.
Where is the surname Dahlgren most common?: Wikidata records people named Dahlgren in Argentina and Sweden.
Is the surname Dahlgren getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,096 in 2010, down 1.5%.