The surname Ekstrom
A Swedish surname, carried by 3,795 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex E236
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Ekström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ek (“oak”) and ström (“river, current, stream”).
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 3,795 people named Ekstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,879.
Who is named Ekstrom
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Ekstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Ekstrom
Ekstrom has the Soundex code E236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E236.
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ekstrom come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Ekström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ek (“oak”) and ström (“river, current, stream”).
- How common is the surname Ekstrom?
- 3,795 people in the United States had the surname Ekstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. It ranked 8,659th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ekstrom?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ekstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Ekstrom getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,795 in 2010, up 32%.
- What are other spellings of Ekstrom?
- Eckstrom.