Högberg Surname
Approximately 5,696 people bear this surname
Högberg Surname User-submission:
This is a Swedish surname, meaning 'high mountain'. It is derived from the words hög, meaning 'high', and berg, meaning 'mountain' .
Högberg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 5,473 | 1:1,799 | 170 |
| Finland | 135 | 1:40,716 | 5,124 |
| Norway | 57 | 1:90,216 | 12,446 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 72 | 1:697,482 | 45,119 |
The alternate forms: Hogberg (894) are calculated separately.
Högberg Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is a Swedish surname, meaning 'high mountain'. It is derived from the words hög, meaning 'high', and berg, meaning 'mountain' .
- deleted-173293Högberg Demographics
Average Male Högberg Height
178.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Högberg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Högberg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Högberg is found most frequently in Sweden. It can also be found as a variant: Hogberg. For other potential spellings of Högberg click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Högberg? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,772nd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,279,415 people. The surname Högberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Högberg are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Högberg is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 5,473 people, or 1 in 1,799. In Sweden Högberg is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 21 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 21 percent reside and Värmland County, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Sweden it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Högberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Högberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Högberg surname contracted 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Högberg Last Name Statistics demography
Högberg earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 27.13% less than the national average, earning 252,203 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogberg | 95 | 894 | / |
| Hagberg | 86 | 7,061 | / |
| Hegberg | 86 | 285 | / |
| Högborg | 86 | 42 | / |
| Häggberg | 80 | 240 | / |
| Haggberg | 80 | 131 | / |
| Hoegberg | 80 | 60 | / |
| Haagberg | 80 | 19 | / |
| Hagbergh | 80 | 12 | / |
| Heggberg | 80 | 5 | / |
| Hegberrg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Haghberg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heghberg | 80 | 0 | / |
| Egberg | 77 | 96 | / |
| Agberg | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ogberg | 77 | 4 | / |
| Haeggberg | 75 | 24 | / |
| Hoegbearg | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hagborg | 71 | 125 | / |
| Hagburg | 71 | 50 | / |
| Hegburg | 71 | 49 | / |
| Ängberg | 71 | 19 | / |
| Jägberg | 71 | 10 | / |
| Hogburg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agbergh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eggberg | 71 | 0 | / |
| Häggborg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haagburgh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Agborg | 62 | 27 | / |
| Egborg | 62 | 10 | / |
| Ogborg | 62 | 2 | / |
| Egburg | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ogburg | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aggborg | 57 | 11 | / |
| Agbargh | 57 | 4 | / |
| Hagbjørk | 53 | 1 | / |
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