Gustafson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Sweden

The origin of the distinguished Gustafson family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Gustafson is derived from the Old Norse personal name Gustav. This name is composed of the tribal name Gaut and the word staf, which means staff or cudgel. The tribal name is thought by experts to be identical with that of the Geats, the Scandinavian tribe to which Beowulf belonged, and it is also thought to be akin to that of the Goths. Thus, the name Gustav literally means staff of the Geats or staff of the Goths. The suffix -sen and its variants are translatable as son of.

Gustafson Ranking

In the United States, the name Gustafson is the 1,433^rd most popular surname with an estimated 22,383 people with that name. 1

Gustafson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gustafson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Adolph Fredric Gustafson, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
Constantin Gustafson, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
Helena Gustafson, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
Jonas Gustafson, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1847 2
Christian Gustafson, aged 30, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1850 2
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Gustafson Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Agnes Gustafson, aged 12, who landed in America from Sweden, in 1901
Adolf Gustafson, aged 21, who settled in America from Gothenburg, in 1901
Abraham Theodor Gustafson, aged 23, who immigrated to the United States from Sweden, in 1903
Gustaf Manfred Gustafson, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1903 2
Swan John Gustafson, who landed in California in 1903 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Gustafson (post 1700) +

Gerald Clayton Gustafson (1928-2024), American fighter pilot during the period after World War II
Mark Gustafson (1959-2024), American animator and film director, best known for co-directing Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Cliff Gustafson (1931-2023), American high school and college baseball head coach of the Texas Longhorns for twenty-nine seasons
Burton F. "Burt" Gustafson (1925-2022), American athlete and sports coach from Marquette, Michigan
Earl B. Gustafson (1927-2018), American judge, lawyer, and politician from Duluth, Minnesota
Nancy Gustafson (b. 1956), American opera singer
Kathryn Gustafson (b. 1951), American landscape architect
Derek Gustafson (b. 1979), American professional ice hockey goaltender
Bob Gustafson (b. 1920), American cartoonist, recipient of the National Cartoonist Society Comic Book Award for 1962 and 1982
Daniel Gustafson, American politician, Candidate for Mayor of Plymouth, Minnesota, 2000 3
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Historic Events for the Gustafson family +

Empress of Ireland

Mr. John Gustafson (d. 1914), Swedish Third Class Passenger from Gothenburg, Sweden who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 4

SS Atlantic

Bingla Gustafson, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking
Jane Gustafson, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Commemoration Empress of Ireland 2014. (Retrieved 2014, June 16) . Retrieved from http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/listepsc1.html