Strom Family History
Strom Name Meaning
Swedish (Ström) and Danish (Strøm): from
ström ‘current’, probably an arbitrarily adopted ornamental
name but possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a river.Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads
so named from Old Norse straumr ‘current’, ‘stream’.German: variant of Strahm.Dutch: from Middle
Dutch stroom, of uncertain meaning.Polish:
topographic name for someone who lived on a steep slope, from
strom ‘slope’ or stromy ‘precipitous’.Czech:
topographic name or nickname from strom ‘tree’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic or ornamental name, from German
Strom ‘stream’, ‘river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Strom
Name Distribution of Strom Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Strom families
 140 - 278  47 - 139 |
 1 - 46  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Strom families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Strom families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Strom Family Origin
Strom Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Strom
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Strom Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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