Sandberg Surname

14,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sandberg Surname Definition:

(Swedish) Sandy mountain or fortified place.

Sandberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden18,2231:54033
United States12,1551:29,8203,704
Norway2,6041:1,975164
Finland1,8131:3,032480
Denmark1,6831:3,354286
Canada8871:41,5405,169
Germany4781:168,42119,868
Netherlands3001:56,2919,664
England2641:211,05318,115
Australia1191:226,85521,510
Estonia841:15,7362,567
France791:840,79499,796
Israel761:112,60012,624
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Spain701:667,88629,788
Thailand511:1,385,066192,885
Argentina491:872,31556,573
Switzerland371:221,97118,930
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Poland241:1,583,69889,279
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Wales161:193,40812,484
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Iceland91:42,2322,922
China91:151,924,6187,954
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Macau11:601,6301,582
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominica11:75,891912
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malta11:430,2723,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4841:103,75810,469

Sandberg (80) may also be a first name.

Sandberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish) Sandy mountain or fortified place.

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

Sandberg Last Name Facts

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

Sandberg (Russian: Сандберг) occurs most in Sweden. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 14,162nd most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 185,283 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Sandberg are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 62 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,075,395th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 80 people.

The last name Sandberg is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 18,223 people, or 1 in 540. In Sweden Sandberg is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 21 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 15 percent live and Skåne County, where 11 percent live. Besides Sweden it occurs in 77 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and Norway, where 7 percent live.

Sandberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sandberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sandberg last name increased 2,511 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sandberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sandberg surname are 10.48% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.25% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sandberg earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 0.91% less than the national average, earning 342,918 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 23.39% less than the national average, earning R 182,064 per year; in United States they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $47,481 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.06% less than the national average, earning $48,660 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sandberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sandberg in the Russian language
Сандбергsandberg-

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