The surname Nordstrom
A Swedish surname, carried by 5,498 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N632
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Nordström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements nord (“north”) and ström (“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 5,498 people named Nordstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,156 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,477.
Who is named Nordstrom
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Nordstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Nordstrom
Nordstrom has the Soundex code N632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N632.
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nordstrom come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Nordström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements nord (“north”) and ström (“stream”) .
- How common is the surname Nordstrom?
- 5,498 people in the United States had the surname Nordstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,156 Americans. It ranked 6,220th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nordstrom?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nordstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Nordstrom getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,498 in 2010, up 0.4%.