Sundberg Surname

28,015th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sundberg Surname Definition:

(Swedish) Sound (i.e., a narrow watercourse) mountain.

Sundberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden10,3121:95569
United States5,8371:62,0977,272
Finland1,3121:4,190668
Norway5451:9,4351,006
Canada3711:99,31410,780
Denmark2661:21,2212,134
England731:763,26141,903
Argentina671:637,96144,681
Australia611:442,55234,724
Thailand571:1,239,269179,534
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
France361:1,845,076161,051
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Faroe Islands31:16,3331,308
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China21:683,660,78330,601
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:302,52223,980

Sundberg (10) may also be a first name.

Sundberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish) Sound (i.e., a narrow watercourse) mountain.

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

Sundberg Last Name Facts

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

Sundberg (Arabic: ساندبرغ, Russian: Сундберг) is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sundberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sundberg is the 28,015th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 379,856 people. The last name Sundberg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Sundberg live; 66 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in Scandinavia. Sundberg is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name on earth. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname Sundberg is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 10,312 people, or 1 in 955. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 25 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 14 percent are found and Gävleborg County, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Sweden this surname is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Finland, where 7 percent are found.

Sundberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sundberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sundberg surname rose 3,516 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 7,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sundberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sundberg surname are 4.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.35% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sundberg earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 17.67% less than the national average, earning 284,935 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.81% more than the national average, earning $48,675 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning $48,266 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sundbergh9425/
Sundborg88402/
Sundburg8861/
Sondberg8857/
Sundbärg8813/
Jundberg885/
Sumdberg883/
Sundverg882/
Zundberg881/
Cundberg880/
Sjondberg820/
Saundburg820/
Sondburg7514/
Zondberg752/

Sundberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sundberg in the Russian language
Сундбергsundberg-
Sundberg in the Arabic language
ساندبرغsandbrgh-

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