# Hedlund (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hedlund/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,344 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,701 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,328 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (3,314 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Hedlund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements hed (“heath”) and lund (“grove”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hedlund in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hedlund in the United States.

## People named Hedlund

- Garrett Hedlund, American actor (born 1984)
- Guy Hedlund, actor (1884-1964)

## Similar surnames

Hetland, Hotaling.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.