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    The surname Stenstrom

    A Swedish surname, carried by 735 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S352

    Stenstrom: #31,482 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stenstrom #31,482, 735 people Stenstrom: #31,482 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Stenstrom #31,482, 735 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stenstrom is more common than 80.6% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Stenström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sten (“stone”) 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 735 people named Stenstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 420,062 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 767.

    #31,482
    rank among US surnames
    735
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #29,099)

    Who is named Stenstrom

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

    93% of people named Stenstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stenstrom

    Stenstrom has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stenstrom come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Stenström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sten (“stone”) and ström (“stream”).
    How common is the surname Stenstrom?
    735 people in the United States had the surname Stenstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 420,062 Americans. It ranked 31,482nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stenstrom?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Stenstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Stenstrom getting more or less common?
    Less common. 767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 735 in 2010, down 4.2%.