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    The surname Froberg

    A Swedish surname, carried by 581 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F616

    Froberg: #38,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Froberg #38,155, 581 people Froberg: #38,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Froberg #38,155, 581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Froberg is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Fröberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements frö (“seed, germ”) and 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 581 people named Froberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 606.

    #38,155
    rank among US surnames
    581
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #35,187)

    Who is named Froberg

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

    97% of people named Froberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Froberg

    Froberg has the Soundex code F616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F616.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Froberg come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Fröberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements frö (“seed, germ”) and berg (“mountain”).
    How common is the surname Froberg?
    581 people in the United States had the surname Froberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. It ranked 38,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Froberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Froberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Froberg getting more or less common?
    Less common. 606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 581 in 2010, down 4.1%.