How common is the surname Hedlund?

3,344 people in the United States had the surname Hedlund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. It ranked 9,701st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hedlund?

Garrett Hedlund, American actor (born 1984), followed by Guy Hedlund.

Where is the surname Hedlund most common?

Wikidata records people named Hedlund in the United States.

Is the surname Hedlund getting more or less common?

More common. 3,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,344 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Hedlund

A Swedish surname, carried by 3,344 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H345

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hedlund is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Hedlund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements hed (“heath”) 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 3,344 people named Hedlund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,314.

#9,701

rank among US surnames

3,344

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245
#9,695	Charleston	3,346	92,273
#9,698	Vanzant	3,345	92,301
#9,701	Vancamp	3,344	92,328
#9,708	Culler	3,343	92,356
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411

Who is named Hedlund

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

94% of people named Hedlund identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hedlunds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hedlund

Hetland

Hedlund has the Soundex code H345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H345.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hedlund come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Hedlund, an ornamental surname composed of the elements hed (“heath”) and lund (“grove”).
How common is the surname Hedlund?: 3,344 people in the United States had the surname Hedlund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,328 Americans. It ranked 9,701st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hedlund?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hedlund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hedlund?: Garrett Hedlund, American actor (born 1984), followed by Guy Hedlund.
Where is the surname Hedlund most common?: Wikidata records people named Hedlund in the United States.
Is the surname Hedlund getting more or less common?: More common. 3,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,344 in 2010, up 0.9%.