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    The surname Ahlberg

    A Swedish surname, carried by 1,093 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

    Ahlberg: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ahlberg #23,300, 1,093 people Ahlberg: #23,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ahlberg #23,300, 1,093 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ahlberg is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Ahlberg, from al (“alder”) + berg (“mountain”).

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,093 people named Ahlberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,096.

    #23,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,093
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,039)

    Who is named Ahlberg

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Ahlberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ahlbergs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruno Ahlberg
      Boxer (1911-1966)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ahlberg

    Ahlberg has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ahlberg come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Ahlberg, from al (“alder”) + berg (“mountain”).
    How common is the surname Ahlberg?
    1,093 people in the United States had the surname Ahlberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,475 Americans. It ranked 23,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ahlberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ahlberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ahlberg?
    Bruno Ahlberg, boxer (1911-1966).
    Where is the surname Ahlberg most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ahlberg in Finland.
    Is the surname Ahlberg getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,093 in 2010, down 0.3%.