The Nordstrom surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,498 people carried this name — #6,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,477).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Nordstrom surname

Borrowed from Swedish Nordström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements nord (“north”) and ström (“stream”) .

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nordstrom» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Nordstrom live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Aargau 6
Zug 5
Basel-Stadt 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

14,219 people named Nordstrom are counted in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 11,741
Finland (2026) 1,926
Norway (2025) 552

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Nordstrom in American newspapers,
1901–1908.

Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Nordstrom
The Ocala Evening Star 1908-01-25
Newspaper page from The Evening Bulletin carrying the name Nordstrom
The Evening Bulletin 1901-08-24
Newspaper page from Der Deutsche Correspondent carrying the name Nordstrom
Der Deutsche Correspondent 1901-05-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,383 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Nordstrom in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

355 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nordstrom. The most, 89, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 166
Western Australia 108
Victoria 31
Tasmania 22
Queensland 11
South Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nordstrom.

Who carried it

People named Nordstrom,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frances Nordstrom
    Frances Nordstrom 1883–2000 · actor
  • Marie Nordstrom
    Marie Nordstrom 1886–1979 · actor
  • Dagmar Nordstrom
    Dagmar Nordstrom 1903–1976 · composer
  • Siggie Nordstrom 1893–1980 · singer
  • Clarence Nordstrom 1893–1968 · Ziegfeld girl
  • Edgar L. Nordstrom 1894–1945 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nordstrom,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States779 records

779 records of the Nordstrom name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 215
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 212
  • Other U.S. records 352
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold C. Nordström

    Born 1918 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; sales clerk from Nassau County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leonard A. Nordström

    Born 1921 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; packer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1961, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Nordström

    Arrived at New York in 1893 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; servant. From Sweden; bound for Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 779 records for Nordstrom in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Norway156 records

156 records of the Nordstrom name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Erik Nordstrøm

    Census of 1910: Fosdal, Beitstaden; miner, born 1868 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Dagny Nordstrøm

    Census of 1910: Nordby (gaard), Berg; maidservant, born 1891 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Karoline Nordstrøm

    Census of 1910: Øvre Voldgate, Kristiania; "rengjøringskone", born 1858 in Ekshærad Sverige.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 156 records for Nordstrom in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Finland53 records

53 records of the Nordstrom name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 31
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 22
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Elis Gustaf Nordström

    Born 1905 in Inkoo; farmer. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Inkoo.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Karl Wilhelm Nordström

    Born 1888 in Tenhola; stoneworker. Died in 1918 in Helsinki, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Oskar Edvin Nordström

    Born 1914 in Espoo; metalworker. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Tammisaari.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 53 records for Nordstrom in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Netherlands38 records

38 records of the Nordstrom name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 29
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 9
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lars Nordström

    Married in 1856 in Amsterdam; seaman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Carl Herman Nordström

    Died 1880 in Rotterdam, aged 24.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gunnar Nordström

    Married in 1917 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 38 records for Nordstrom in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia32 records

32 records of the Nordstrom name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Other Australian records 12
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johann Nordström

    Arrived in Queensland in 1873 aboard the Lammershagen, aged 32.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Michael Nordström

    Boilermaker of Emerald, Victoria; died 1992.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Victor Nordström

    Arrived in Victoria in 1894 aboard the Cuzco, aged 33.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 32 records for Nordstrom in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Nordstrom name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 8
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Other Canadian records 5
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Tage Leo Nordström

    Buried in 1983 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 73.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henry Nordström

    Died 1973; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Robert Nordström

    Buried in 1962 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 16 records for Nordstrom in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Nordstrom name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gustav Nordström

    From Metz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 September 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 166).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Nordström

    From Gadebusch, Kreis Grevesmühlen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 21 October 1914 (Fusilier Regiment No. 90).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Nordstrom in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Nordstrom name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Robert James Nordstrom

    Died 1960, aged 69; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Olaf Wilford Nordstrom

    Died 1992, aged 80; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Nordstrom in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Nordstrom name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gunilla Ester Blenda Nordström

    Born 1919 in Sweden; died 1995 in Périgueux (Dordogne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Nordstrom in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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