Holmberg Surname

20,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Holmberg Surname Definition:

(Swedish, Norwegian) River island mountain; dweller near, or on, a hill on the island, or dry land in a fen.

Holmberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden13,6581:72151
United States6,8991:52,5386,312
Finland2,5331:2,170331
Denmark1,2321:4,582410
Canada6351:58,0256,845
Norway5961:8,628918
Australia5741:47,0315,879
Estonia1151:11,4941,676
Argentina1121:381,63829,480
England961:580,39635,131
Germany781:1,032,12170,345
New Zealand701:64,6909,897
Singapore681:80,9963,278
Chile571:309,0618,852
Thailand541:1,308,118185,513
Malta421:10,245640
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Wales111:281,32115,850
Greenland111:5,125525
United States Virgin Islands111:10,0341,440
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Austria91:946,15970,786
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
France81:8,302,840321,660
China71:195,331,65210,124
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2441:205,81417,803

Holmberg (15) may also be a first name.

Holmberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish, Norwegian) River island mountain; dweller near, or on, a hill on the island, or dry land in a fen.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Holmberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Holmberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Holmberg is found most frequently in Sweden. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Holmberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 20,245th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 269,669 people. The last name Holmberg is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Holmberg live; 68 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Scandinavia. Holmberg is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

The surname Holmberg is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is borne by 13,658 people, or 1 in 721. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 23 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent are found and Skåne County, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Sweden this last name is found in 61 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Finland, where 9 percent are found.

Holmberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Holmberg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,827 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 565 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Holmberg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Holmberg surname is chiefly Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Holmberg are 9.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.09% registered with the political party.

The amount Holmberg earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 4.76% more than the national average, earning 362,560 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.88% less than the national average, earning R 157,128 per year; in United States they earn 7.15% more than the national average, earning $46,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.44% less than the national average, earning $48,966 CAD per year.

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