Sundström is a Swedish surname, a compound of the Swedish words sund (sound; passage of water) ström (stream and/or stream in water)
Geographical distribution
editAs of 2014, 79.2% of all known bearers of the surname Sundström were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,192) and 19.5% of Finland (1:2,697).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,192) in the following counties:
- 1. Norrbotten County (1:244)
- 2. Västernorrland County (1:356)
- 3. Västerbotten County (1:424)
- 4. Jämtland County (1:654)
- 5. Gävleborg County (1:761)
- 6. Dalarna County (1:784)
- 7. Södermanland County (1:881)
- 8. Uppsala County (1:918)
- 9. Örebro County (1:1,026)
- 10. Västmanland County (1:1,099)
- 11. Värmland County (1:1,119)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,697) in the following regions:[1]
- 1. Åland (1:263)
- 2. Ostrobothnia (1:619)
- 3. Uusimaa (1:1,416)
- 4. Central Ostrobothnia (1:1,423)
- 5. Southwest Finland (1:2,030)
People
edit- Anna Sundström (1785-1871), chemist
- Alexander Sundström (born 1987), ice hockey player
- Fanny Sundström (1883–1944), politician and women's right activist
- Henrik Sundström (born 1964), tennis player
- Holger Sundström (1925–2023), sailor
- Joakim Sundström (born 1965), sound editor and musician
- Kalle Sundström, Finnish musician
- Linus Sundström (born 1990), speedway rider
- Liselotte Sundström (born 1955), evolutionary biologist
- Niklas Sundström (born 1975), ice hockey player
- Pär Sundström (born 1981), bassist
- Patrik Sundström (born 1961), ice hockey player, twin brother of Peter Sundström
- Patrik Sundström (footballer) (born 1970), footballer
- Peter Sundström (born 1961), ice hockey player, twin brother of Patrik Sundström
- Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 1983), actress
- Stefan Sundström (born 1960), singer/songwriter
- Tryggve Sundström (1920-1984), bobsledder