How common is the surname Sundstrom?

1,222 people in the United States had the surname Sundstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sundstrom?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sundstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sundstrom getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, down 40%.

The surname Sundstrom

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,222 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sundstrom is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Sundström.

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 1,222 people named Sundstrom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. That is down 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,042.

#21,403

rank among US surnames

1,222

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-40.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,628)

Who is named Sundstrom

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

95% of people named Sundstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sundstrom

Sundstrom has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sundstrom come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Sundström.
How common is the surname Sundstrom?: 1,222 people in the United States had the surname Sundstrom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sundstrom?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sundstrom identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sundstrom getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, down 40%.