How common is the surname Lindstrom?

9,754 people in the United States had the surname Lindstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,653 Americans. It ranked 3,641st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lindstrom?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lindstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lindstrom?

Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach, followed by Chris Lindstrom.

Where is the surname Lindstrom most common?

Wikidata records people named Lindstrom in the United States.

Is the surname Lindstrom getting more or less common?

More common. 9,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,754 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Lindstrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 9,754 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lindstrom is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Lindström.

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 9,754 people named Lindstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,653 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,464.

#3,641

rank among US surnames

9,754

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,454)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,637	Parkinson	9,767	31,611
#3,638	Albers	9,766	31,614
#3,640	Sutter	9,760	31,634
#3,641	Lindstrom	9,754	31,653
#3,642	Badillo	9,753	31,656

Who is named Lindstrom

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

95% of people named Lindstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lindstroms

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Freddie Lindstrom
American baseball player and coach, 1905–1981
Chris Lindstrom
American football player (born 1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lindstrom

Lindstrom has the Soundex code L532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L532.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lindstrom come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Lindström.
How common is the surname Lindstrom?: 9,754 people in the United States had the surname Lindstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,653 Americans. It ranked 3,641st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lindstrom?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lindstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lindstrom?: Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach, followed by Chris Lindstrom.
Where is the surname Lindstrom most common?: Wikidata records people named Lindstrom in the United States.
Is the surname Lindstrom getting more or less common?: More common. 9,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,754 in 2010, up 3.1%.