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

Soderholm, 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 Soderholm surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Soderholm in America

Soderholm is the 32834th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Soderholm surname appeared 699 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 Soderholm.

We can also compare 2010 data for Soderholm 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 Soderholm

The surname Soderholm originated in Sweden during the late 16th century. It is derived from the Old Norse words 'suðr' meaning south and 'holmr' meaning a small island or river meadow. The name likely referred to someone who lived on a southern island or near a southern river meadow.

Soderholm was originally spelled Södærholm in the early records from the region around Stockholm and Uppsala. It began appearing more frequently in parish records and tax rolls from the 1600s onward as the spelling evolved closer to the modern form.

One of the earliest known references to the name comes from a land deed dated 1624 which mentions a Nils Södærholm purchasing a farm outside the village of Sigtuna. Another early record is a baptism entry from 1647 for a son of Anders Soderholm in the church records of Vaksala parish near Uppsala.

Notable people with the Soderholm surname include the 17th century Swedish military officer Nils Soderholm (1628-1696) who fought in the Scanian War against Denmark. Johan Soderholm (1719-1795) was a merchant and ship owner based in Gothenburg during Sweden's Age of Liberty period.

Anna Soderholm (1834-1919) was one of the first female doctors in Sweden after studying under the pioneering physician Carolina Widerström. She worked to establish women's rights and better healthcare for the poor in Stockholm in the late 1800s.

The modernist painter Otto Soderholm (1875-1932) was born in Varmland but spent much of his career in France, exhibiting works influenced by the Fauvist movement alongside artists like Matisse and Derain.

More recently, the Swedish diplomat Carl Bildt was born with the surname Soderholm in 1949, before later changing his name. He served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and as Foreign Minister from 2006 to 2014.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Soderholm

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

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

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