Ekström
surname · Latin script
/e:k%str9m/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ekström is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country, where it is the 67th most common surname. Recorded meaning: ek (“oak”) + ström (“stream”).
- SESweden1 in 994(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 88K
- FIFinland1 in 2.2K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 269 (measured from records)
- 1 in 994 (inferred from the name graph)
10,261 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Ekstrom in US United States, CD Congo - Kinshasa, JO Jordan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
ek (“oak”) + ström (“stream”)
Sources 1
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ekström 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | #67 | 10,261 | 1 in 994 | 10K | Ekström | 75 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Ekstrom | 1 |
| US United States | — | 3,795 | 1 in 88K | 3.8K | Ekstrom | 269 |
| FI Finland | — | 2,532 | 1 in 2.2K | 2.5K | Ekström | 20 |
| BJ Benin | #205 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Ekström | 4 |
| JO Jordan | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Ekstrom | 1 |
10,261 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Per Ekströmb. 1844SESwedish artist (1844-1935)
- Folke Ekströmb. 1906SESwedish chess player (1906-2000)
- Margareta Ekströmb. 1930SESwedish poet and writer
- Anita Ekströmb. 1943SESwedish actress
- Anna Ekströmb. 1959SESwedish politician
- Johnny Ekströmb. 1965SESwedish footballer
- Johanna Ekströmb. 1970SESwedish writer and artist
- Mattias Ekströmb. 1978SESwedish racecar driver
- Anders Ekströmb. 1981SEsailor
- Åsa Ekströmb. 1983SESwedish manga artist in Japan
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 10K | #72 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 2.5K | #792 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 977 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Ekström mean, and where does it come from?
- ek (“oak”) + ström (“stream”) Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Ekström?
- A machine transcription gives /e:k%str9m/ (IPA) for Swedish.
- In which country does Ekström have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 10 thousand people named Ekström, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ekström.
- Where is Ekström most common?
- Ekström is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 994 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Ekström?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 10,261 people named Ekström, about 1 in 994 residents.
- How common is Ekström compared with other names?
- In Sweden, Ekström is the 67th most common surname of 187,334 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ekström?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ekstr%C3%B6mThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ekström” — the 67th most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.