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

Lindstrom, 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 Lindstrom surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lindstrom in America

Lindstrom is the 3641st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lindstrom surname appeared 9,754 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 people would have the surname Lindstrom.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lindstrom 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 Lindstrom

The surname Lindstrom originates from Sweden and dates back to the 17th century. It is derived from the Swedish words "lind" meaning lime tree and "strom" meaning stream or small river. The name likely referred to someone who lived near a stream or body of water surrounded by lime trees.

Some of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in Swedish church records and census data from the late 1600s. It was particularly common in the provinces of Smaland and Uppland. Variations in spelling included Lindstroem, Lindstroehm, and Lindstroem.

A notable early bearer of the name was Johan Lindstrom, a Swedish explorer and cartographer who was born in 1692. He was part of an expedition to map the Delaware River Valley in North America in the 1640s.

In the 18th century, the name Lindstrom appeared in several historical records in Sweden, including land deeds and military rolls. One person of note was Carl Lindstrom, a Swedish nobleman and military officer who fought in the Great Northern War against Russia in the early 1700s.

As Swedish emigration to North America increased in the 19th century, the name Lindstrom became more widely dispersed. One of the earliest settlers with this name was Nils Lindstrom, who arrived in Delaware in 1638 as part of the New Sweden colony.

Other notable individuals with the surname Lindstrom include Andrew Lindstrom, a Swedish-American painter and illustrator born in 1856, and Väinö Lindstrom, a Finnish composer and conductor who lived from 1878 to 1939.

The Lindstrom name can also be found in historical records from other Scandinavian countries, such as Norway and Denmark, likely due to migration and cultural exchange between these regions over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lindstrom

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

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

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