Explore the Family Name Floden

The meaning of Floden

1. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named with floe ‘tarn, pool in a bog’. 2. Swedish (Flodén): ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element flo ‘small water, swamp’ + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’, with intrusive -d- for euphony. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Bjorn, Erik, Tor.

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How common is the last name Floden in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Floden has slightly increased over a decade. In 2000, it was ranked 72,717th in terms of popularity and had 249 people bearing the name – a proportion of 0.09 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the ranking improved to 71,478 with an increase of 1.7 percent. The count also rose by approximately 9.64 percent to 273 bearers, although the overall proportion remained constant at 0.09 per 100,000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#72,717	#71,478	1.7%
Count	249	273	9.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Floden

As for ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the surname Floden identify as White. As of the year 2000, this group represented 97.99 percent of all Flodens, though the percentage dropped slightly to 96.70 by 2010. There is also a small proportion who identify as Hispanic, increasing from 2.01 percent in 2000 to 2.56 percent in 2010. Other ethnicities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, those identifying with two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either nonexistent or suppressed for privacy in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.99%	96.7%	-1.32%
Hispanic	2.01%	2.56%	27.36%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%