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The surname Holmstrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,189 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H452

Holmstrom: #13,810 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Holmstrom #13,810, 2,189 people Holmstrom: #13,810 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holmstrom #13,810, 2,189 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holmstrom is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Holmström.

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 2,189 people named Holmstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,044 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,076.

#13,810
rank among US surnames
2,189
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+5.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,451)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,806Mizrahi2,190140,980
#13,810Rayborn2,189141,044
#13,815O'Rear2,188141,109

Who is named Holmstrom

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

96% of people named Holmstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holmstrom

Holmstrom has the Soundex code H452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H452.

Other Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Holmstrom come from?
Borrowed from Swedish Holmström.
How common is the surname Holmstrom?
2,189 people in the United States had the surname Holmstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,044 Americans. It ranked 13,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holmstrom?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Holmstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Holmstrom getting more or less common?
More common. 2,076 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,189 in 2010, up 5.4%.