The Sandstrom surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,352 people carried this name — #7,627 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is up 20% from 3,615 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sandstrom surname

Borrowed from Swedish Sandström, from sand (“sand”) + ström (“stream”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sandstrom» (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

20 people named Sandstrom live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 5
Aargau 4
Fribourg 4
Geneva 4
Zurich 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

11,917 people named Sandstrom are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 10,522
Finland (2026) 1,395

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Sandstrom in American newspapers,
1887.

Newspaper page from The Kimball Graphic carrying the name Sandstrom
The Kimball Graphic 1887-07-01
Newspaper page from Reporter And Farmer carrying the name Sandstrom
Reporter And Farmer 1887-06-30
Newspaper page from The Desmet Leader carrying the name Sandstrom
The Desmet Leader 1887-07-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,434 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sandstrom in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

972 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sandstrom. The most, 304, date from the 1910s. 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 354
Western Australia 288
Queensland 123
Victoria 90
South Australia 89
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Sandstrom,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Flora Sandstrom 1904–
  • Roy Sandstrom 1931–2019 · athletics competitor

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sandstrom,
in the records of 7 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 States555 records

555 records of the Sandstrom name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 141
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 141
  • Other U.S. records 273
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hugo R. Sandström

    Born 1918 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; statistical clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Cemetery of the Evergreen, Melrose, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Hugh Thomas Sandström

    Born 1945; from New York, New York. U.S. Army; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Anders Sandström

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Servia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 52; laborer. From Sweden; bound for Michigan.

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

Showing 3 of 555 records for Sandstrom in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Norway68 records

68 records of the Sandstrom name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Elise Sandstrøm

    Census of 1910: Maridalsveien, Kristiania; factory worker, born 1864 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 Adolf Sandstrøm

    Census of 1910: Mølmannsdalen, Røros; lumberjack, born 1873 in Sverge.

    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 Gustav Sandstrøm

    Census of 1910: Grønengen, Hof; farmer and painter, born 1830 in s. Odalen.

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

Showing 3 of 68 records for Sandstrom 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).

Finland33 records

33 records of the Sandstrom name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 23
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 10
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Nils Erik Sandström

    Born 1918 in Sipoo; skipper. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Sipoo.

    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 Emil Edvard Sandström

    Born 1867 in Siuntio; labourer. Died in 1918 in Viiala, 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 Albin Erik Sandström

    Born 1908 in Kirkkonummi; stoker. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Kirkkonummi.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 33 records for Sandstrom 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).

Australia27 records

27 records of the Sandstrom name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Other Australian records 7
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Andrew Sandstrom

    Naturalised in Tasmania in 1886; carpenter of Dorset, born in Finland, Russia.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Karl Anton Sandström

    Bricklayer of Noble Park, Victoria; died 2000.

    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 Gust Sandström

    Arrived in Victoria in 1909 aboard the Roon, aged 55.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Sandstrom in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands17 records

17 records of the Sandstrom name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 13
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ollinnus Sandström

    Married in 1830 in Amsterdam; seaman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Anna Gesina Sandström

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1825 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Gesina Sandström

    Married in 1858 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Sandstrom 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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Sandstrom name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 9
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ellen Sandström

    Buried in 1972 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 82.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Austin Valentine Sandstrom

    Died 2000, aged 90; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sven Sandström

    Died 1930; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Sandstrom 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. · 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).

Germany8 records

8 records of the Sandstrom 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 Walter Sandstrom

    From Hamburg. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 11 October 1914 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 84).

    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 Robert Sandström

    From Altefähr a. Rügen [nicht Hamburg]. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 21 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 86).

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

    From Hamburg. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 29 April 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 31).

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Sandstrom 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).

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