Sundström

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

As 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. 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

• 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