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

Bloomgren, 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 Bloomgren surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bloomgren in America

Bloomgren is the 89403rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bloomgren surname appeared 207 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 Bloomgren.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bloomgren 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 Bloomgren

The surname Bloomgren has its origins in Sweden and dates back to the early 17th century. It is a combination of the Swedish words "bloom" meaning "flower" and "gren" meaning "branch." This suggests that the name may have referred to a person who lived near a flowering tree or bush.

The earliest recorded instance of the name Bloomgren appears in a parish record from the town of Mora in the Dalarna region of central Sweden in 1632. It was spelled "Blumgren" at the time, reflecting the local dialect. The name is also found in church records from the nearby town of Orsa from the late 1600s.

In the 18th century, the Bloomgren surname began to spread beyond the Dalarna region as families migrated to other parts of Sweden. By the early 1800s, there were Bloomgren families living in Stockholm and Gothenburg.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the Bloomgren surname was Anders Bloomgren, a farmer and local politician in the village of Orsa, who lived from 1712 to 1789. Another early Bloomgren of note was Karin Bloomgren, a midwife who practiced in the town of Falun from 1786 to 1832.

In the late 19th century, several members of the Bloomgren family emigrated from Sweden to the United States and Canada. One of the first was Nils Bloomgren, who arrived in Minnesota in 1871 at the age of 22. He later settled in North Dakota and became a successful farmer.

Another notable Bloomgren was Carl Johan Bloomgren, a Swedish-American inventor and businessman who lived from 1864 to 1942. He founded the Bloomgren Brothers Company in Chicago, which manufactured industrial equipment.

In the early 20th century, Sven Bloomgren was a Swedish painter and illustrator who was active from 1890 to 1938. His works often depicted scenes of rural life in Sweden and are held in the collections of several museums in Sweden and the United States.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bloomgren

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

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

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