Wangberg Surname

486,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 682 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wangberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3071:16,7502,050
United States2951:1,228,67487,029
Sweden511:193,07413,358
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Wängberg (93) & Wångberg (17) are calculated separately.

Wangberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wangberg is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Wängberg or Wångberg. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangberg? popularity and diffusion

Wangberg is the 486,864th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Wangberg live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most numerous in Norway, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 16,750. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 38 percent are found, Central Norway, where 36 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Norway Wangberg occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent are found and Sweden, where 7 percent are found.

Wangberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wangberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wangberg last name expanded 14,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wangberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wangberg surname are 20.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.09% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wangberg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 11.67% less than the national average, earning 305,702 kr per year and in United States they earn 5.41% less than the national average, earning $40,813 USD per year.

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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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  • 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 Wangberg
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