How common is the surname Hellstrom?

560 people in the United States had the surname Hellstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 551,331 Americans. It ranked 39,281st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hellstrom?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hellstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hellstrom?

Jenna Hellstrom, association football player.

Where is the surname Hellstrom most common?

Wikidata records people named Hellstrom in Canada.

Is the surname Hellstrom getting more or less common?

Less common. 562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 560 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Hellstrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 560 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hellstrom is more common than 75.8% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Hellström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements häll (“stone, rock”) and ström (“river, 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 560 people named Hellstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 551,331 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 562.

#39,281

rank among US surnames

560

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #37,319)

Who is named Hellstrom

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

95% of people named Hellstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hellstroms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jenna Hellstrom
Association football player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hellstrom

Hallstrom

Hellstrom has the Soundex code H423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H423.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hellstrom come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Hellström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements häll (“stone, rock”) and ström (“river, stream”).
How common is the surname Hellstrom?: 560 people in the United States had the surname Hellstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 551,331 Americans. It ranked 39,281st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hellstrom?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hellstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hellstrom?: Jenna Hellstrom, association football player.
Where is the surname Hellstrom most common?: Wikidata records people named Hellstrom in Canada.
Is the surname Hellstrom getting more or less common?: Less common. 562 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 560 in 2010, down 0.4%.