How common is the surname Strom?

9,142 people in the United States had the surname Strom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,772 Americans. It ranked 3,877th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Strom?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Strom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Strom?

Carl Ström, actor (1888–1957), followed by Kevin Alfred Strom.

Where is the surname Strom most common?

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

Is the surname Strom getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,142 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Strom

A surname, carried by 9,142 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Strom is more common than 97.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,142 people named Strom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,772 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,179.

#3,877

rank among US surnames

9,142

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,555)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,868	Smoot	9,168	33,676
#3,869	Dugger	9,164	33,691
#3,870	Bittner	9,163	33,695
#3,871	Soliz	9,159	33,710
#3,872	Runyon	9,153	33,732
#3,873	Pitt	9,151	33,739
#3,874	Ainsworth	9,149	33,746

Who is named Strom

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

93% of people named Strom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stroms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Ström
Actor (1888–1957)
Kevin Alfred Strom
American neo-Nazi, born 1956
Kylie Nadaner
American soccer player, born 1992

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Strom

Strom has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

Questions

How common is the surname Strom?: 9,142 people in the United States had the surname Strom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,772 Americans. It ranked 3,877th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Strom?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Strom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Strom?: Carl Ström, actor (1888–1957), followed by Kevin Alfred Strom.
Where is the surname Strom most common?: Wikidata records people named Strom in the United States and Sweden.
Is the surname Strom getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,142 in 2010, down 0.4%.