How common is the surname Eckstrom?

1,131 people in the United States had the surname Eckstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eckstrom?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eckstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Eckstrom getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, down 1.3%.

The surname Eckstrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eckstrom is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Variant spelling of Ekstrom.

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 1,131 people named Eckstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,146.

#22,673

rank among US surnames

1,131

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,307)

Who is named Eckstrom

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

94% of people named Eckstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eckstrom

Eckstrom has the Soundex code E236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E236.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eckstrom come from?: Variant spelling of Ekstrom.
How common is the surname Eckstrom?: 1,131 people in the United States had the surname Eckstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,985 Americans. It ranked 22,673rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eckstrom?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eckstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Eckstrom getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,131 in 2010, down 1.3%.