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

Blomgren, 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 Blomgren surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blomgren in America

Blomgren is the 20926th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blomgren surname appeared 1,259 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 Blomgren.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blomgren 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 Blomgren

The surname Blomgren is of Swedish origin and dates back to the 17th century. It is derived from the Swedish words "blom," meaning flower, and "gren," meaning branch or twig. The name likely referred to someone who lived near a flowering tree or bush, or perhaps someone who worked with flowers or plants.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Blomgren can be found in parish records from the late 1600s in various regions of Sweden, such as Skåne, Småland, and Värmland. Some of the earliest spellings include Blomgreen, Blomgren, and Blåmgren.

In the 18th century, the name Blomgren appeared in several Swedish military records, indicating that some individuals with this surname served in the armed forces. One notable example is Carl Gustaf Blomgren, a Swedish military officer born in 1741 who served in the Royal Swedish Army during the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790.

As the name spread beyond Sweden, it can be found in records from neighboring countries like Finland and Norway. In Finland, for instance, there are records of a Johan Blomgren, born in 1811, who was a successful merchant and landowner in the town of Oulu.

In the 19th century, the Blomgren surname also made its way to the United States through Swedish immigration. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this name in America was Anders Blomgren, born in 1832 in Småland, Sweden, who settled in Minnesota with his family in the 1860s.

Other notable individuals with the surname Blomgren include Axel Blomgren (1864-1935), a Swedish artist known for his landscape paintings, and Sven Blomgren (1902-1981), a Swedish civil engineer and politician who served as the Minister of Communications in the 1950s.

It's worth noting that while the surname Blomgren is relatively uncommon, it has been carried by individuals from various walks of life throughout history, including artists, military personnel, merchants, politicians, and engineers, among others.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blomgren

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

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 Blomgren 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 Blomgren 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 Blomgren was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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