Find out how popular the last name Ahlswede is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ahlswede.

Ahlswede, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ahlswede surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ahlswede in America

Ahlswede is the 106570th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ahlswede surname appeared 167 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ahlswede.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ahlswede to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ahlswede

The surname AHLSWEDE is of German origin and can be traced back to the late 16th century. It is derived from the Old German words "ahl" meaning alder and "swede" which refers to a clearing or meadow, suggesting that the name originated from areas where alder trees grew near meadows or clearings.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the village records of Hessen, Germany, where a farmer named Hans AHLSWEDE was listed as a landowner in 1587. The name also appears in the parish records of Westphalia, Germany, with the baptism of Johann AHLSWEDE in 1612.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the AHLSWEDE name was primarily concentrated in the regions of Hessen, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony in Germany. Some notable individuals bearing this surname include Johann Friedrich AHLSWEDE (1718-1788), a German theologian and author, and Carl Friedrich AHLSWEDE (1756-1827), a German jurist and legal scholar.

In the 19th century, the AHLSWEDE family spread to other parts of Germany and Europe, with some members emigrating to the United States and other countries. One prominent AHLSWEDE was August AHLSWEDE (1825-1901), a German-American farmer and politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Another notable figure was Wilhelm AHLSWEDE (1904-1986), a German mathematician and engineer who made significant contributions to the field of information theory. His work on the AHLSWEDE-ZHANG source coding problem and the AHLSWEDE-CSERNIKOV sum capacity problem are widely recognized in the field of network coding.

Other individuals with the AHLSWEDE surname include Hans-Jürgen AHLSWEDE (1938-2013), a German footballer who played for Eintracht Braunschweig and the West German national team, and Petra AHLSWEDE (born 1968), a German writer and journalist known for her works on contemporary art and culture.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ahlswede

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ahlswede.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ahlswede was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ahlswede has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ahlswede was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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