Sterberg Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sterberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sterberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1101:89,5166,554
Finland121:458,05828,977
Norway61:857,04855,549
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Sterberg Last Name Facts

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

Sterberg is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sterberg? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Sterberg live; 91 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Sterberg is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 89,516. In Sweden Sterberg is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 46 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 12 percent are found and Östergötland County, where 7 percent are found. Beside Sweden this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 8 percent are found and Norway, where 4 percent are found.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sterberg
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