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The surname Edgren

A Swedish surname, carried by 530 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E326

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edgren is more common than 74.7% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Edgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ed (“isthmus”) and 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 530 people named Edgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 512.

#41,100
rank among US surnames
530
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+3.5%
change since 2000 (was #40,265)

Who is named Edgren

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

96% of people named Edgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
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 Edgren

Edgren has the Soundex code E326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E326.

Other Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Edgren come from?
Borrowed from Swedish Edgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ed (“isthmus”) and gren (“branch”).
How common is the surname Edgren?
530 people in the United States had the surname Edgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 582,539 Americans. It ranked 41,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edgren?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Edgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Edgren getting more or less common?
More common. 512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 530 in 2010, up 3.5%.