How common is the surname Eklund?

4,053 people in the United States had the surname Eklund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,177 Americans. It ranked 8,178th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eklund?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eklund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eklund?

Dicky Eklund, American former professional boxer, born 1957, followed by Carl R. Eklund.

Where is the surname Eklund most common?

Wikidata records people named Eklund in the United States.

Is the surname Eklund getting more or less common?

More common. 3,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,053 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Eklund

A Swedish surname, carried by 4,053 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eklund is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Eklund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ek (“oak”) and lund (“grove”).

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 4,053 people named Eklund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,177 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,966.

#8,178

rank among US surnames

4,053

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,726)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,173	Crafton	4,056	76,121
#8,174	Lark	4,055	76,139
#8,176	Hazard	4,054	76,158
#8,178	Stella	4,053	76,177
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196

Who is named Eklund

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

94% of people named Eklund identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eklunds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dicky Eklund
American former professional boxer, born 1957
Carl R. Eklund
American ornithologist (1909–1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eklund

Ecklund

Eklund has the Soundex code E245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E245.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eklund come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Eklund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ek (“oak”) and lund (“grove”).
How common is the surname Eklund?: 4,053 people in the United States had the surname Eklund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,177 Americans. It ranked 8,178th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eklund?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eklund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eklund?: Dicky Eklund, American former professional boxer, born 1957, followed by Carl R. Eklund.
Where is the surname Eklund most common?: Wikidata records people named Eklund in the United States.
Is the surname Eklund getting more or less common?: More common. 3,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,053 in 2010, up 2.2%.