Strøm Surname

77,937th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Strøm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Strøm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4,6321:1,11089
Denmark1,5141:3,728325
Faroe Islands801:61286
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Estonia121:110,15019,471
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Strm (1,133) are calculated separately.

Strøm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Strøm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Strøm occurs most in Norway. It may appear as a variant: Strm. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Strøm? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 77,937th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,161,547 people. Strøm is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Strøm are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Strøm is most widely held in Norway, where it is carried by 4,632 people, or 1 in 1,110. In Norway Strøm is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 54 percent live, Central Norway, where 16 percent live and Northern Norway, where 15 percent live. Besides Norway this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 24 percent live and The Faroe Islands, where 1 percent live.

Strøm Last Name Statistics demography

Strøm earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 0.3% less than the national average, earning 345,058 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Strm961,133/
Strømø91164/
Åstrøm91126/
Østrøm9126/
Strøhm914/
Strømme831,330/
Søstrøm8324/
Strëm801/
Sthrm801/
Sjøstrøm77248/
Højstrøm7728/
Strømsås7718/
Sjstrm73274/
Strmme7319/
Ztrm671/
Xtrëëm551/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Strøm
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