The surname Ekberg
A Swedish surname, carried by 1,045 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex E216
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Ekberg, from ek (“oak”) + 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 1,045 people named Ekberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,450 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,035.
#24,090
rank among US surnames
1,045
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+1%
change since 2000 (was #23,056)
Who is named Ekberg
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Ekberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ekberg come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Ekberg, from ek (“oak”) + berg (“mountain”).
- How common is the surname Ekberg?
- 1,045 people in the United States had the surname Ekberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,450 Americans. It ranked 24,090th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ekberg?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ekberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Ekberg getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,045 in 2010, up 1.0%.