Youngstrom

English

Etymology

Americanized spelling of either Swedish Ungström, which is from ung (“young”) + ström (“stream, current”), or Swedish Ljungström, from ljung (“heather”) + ström (“stream, current”).

Proper noun

Youngstrom (plural Youngstroms)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Youngstrom is the 36337^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Youngstrom is most common among White (96.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Youngstrom”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.