How common is the surname Lindblom?

1,596 people in the United States had the surname Lindblom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,450 Americans. It ranked 17,605th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lindblom?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lindblom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lindblom?

Gustaf Lindblom, athletics competitor (1891-1960), followed by Charles E. Lindblom.

Where is the surname Lindblom most common?

Wikidata records people named Lindblom in the United States and Sweden.

Is the surname Lindblom getting more or less common?

More common. 1,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,596 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Lindblom

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,596 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L531

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lindblom is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Lindblom.

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 1,596 people named Lindblom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,450 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,487.

#17,605

rank among US surnames

1,596

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,475)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,596	McGeehan	1,597	193,328
#17,605	Stahlman	1,596	193,450
#17,613	Hibler	1,595	193,571

Who is named Lindblom

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

94% of people named Lindblom identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lindbloms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gustaf Lindblom
Athletics competitor (1891-1960)
Charles E. Lindblom
American political scientist (1917–2018)
Josh Lindblom
American baseball player, born 1987

Notable Lindbloms come mostly from the United States (2) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lindblom

Lindblom has the Soundex code L531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L531.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lindblom come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Lindblom.
How common is the surname Lindblom?: 1,596 people in the United States had the surname Lindblom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,450 Americans. It ranked 17,605th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lindblom?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lindblom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lindblom?: Gustaf Lindblom, athletics competitor (1891-1960), followed by Charles E. Lindblom.
Where is the surname Lindblom most common?: Wikidata records people named Lindblom in the United States and Sweden.
Is the surname Lindblom getting more or less common?: More common. 1,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,596 in 2010, up 7.3%.