Karlström

surname · Latin script

/ka:l`%str9m/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Karlström is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 2.7K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 7.7K
  • NONorway≈1 in 240K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

3,756 people

Sources
62 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Karlstrom in US United States, CH Switzerland, CO Colombia.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Karlström counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Karlström is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#3153,7561 in 2.7K3.8KKarlström62
FI Finland—7221 in 7.7K722Karlström11
US United States—1371 in 2.4M137Karlstrom12
CO Colombia—≈26 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Karlstrom3
NO Norway—≈23 est.≈1 in 240K—Karlström4
DK Denmark—151 in 391K15——
CH Switzerland—151 in 560K15Karlstrom2

3,756 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Karlström is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Canada, Germany

    Languages: English, Swedish, German

    Also written Karlstrom, Karlstroem

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Karlstrom

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland

    Also written Karlstrom

  • Russian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Karlstrom

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Karlstrom

  • English surname52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, Swedish, Spanish

    Also written Nystrom, Nyström, Nystroem, Strom, Satrom

24 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Hugo Karlström, b. 1873Björn Karlström, b. 1921Ewa Karlström, b. 1965Lisa Karlström, b. 1974Jonas Karlström, b. 1978Gustav Karlström, b. 1985Perseus Karlström, b. 1990Jesper Karlström, b. 1995Marcus Karlström, b. 1995Fredrik Karlström, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalHej ,Dear Karlström, (English)
InformalHej ,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Karlström
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—3.8K#263
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—722#2,505
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—314—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202415#45,119
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—15#29,087

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Karlström?
A machine transcription gives /ka:l`%str9m/ (IPA) for Swedish.
In which country does Karlström have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 3.8 thousand people named Karlström, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karlström.
Where is Karlström most common?
Karlström is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Karlström?
In Sweden, the national register counted 3,756 people named Karlström, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
How common is Karlström compared with other names?
In Sweden, Karlström is the 315th most common surname of 187,334 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Karlström” — the 315th most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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