American Family Name Origins:
Ahlstrom
Frequency: (710)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements al ‘alder’ + ström ‘river’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 6%. Lars (2), Anders, Joakim, Johan, Per, Sibel, Sven.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
