How common is the surname Hallberg?

2,762 people in the United States had the surname Hallberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. It ranked 11,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hallberg?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hallberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hallberg?

Nils Hallberg, actor (1921-2010), followed by Karen Hallberg.

Where is the surname Hallberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Hallberg in Sweden and Argentina.

Is the surname Hallberg getting more or less common?

More common. 2,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,762 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Hallberg

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,762 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hallberg is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Hallberg.

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 2,762 people named Hallberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,680.

#11,411

rank among US surnames

2,762

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,900)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,404	Cremeans	2,765	111,662
#11,408	Courter	2,764	111,702
#11,409	Hage	2,763	111,743
#11,411	Hallberg	2,762	111,783
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864

Who is named Hallberg

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

94% of people named Hallberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hallbergs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nils Hallberg
Actor (1921-2010)
Karen Hallberg
Argentinian physicist, born 1964

Notable Hallbergs come mostly from Sweden (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hallberg

Hallberg has the Soundex code H416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H416.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hallberg come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Hallberg.
How common is the surname Hallberg?: 2,762 people in the United States had the surname Hallberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. It ranked 11,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hallberg?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hallberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hallberg?: Nils Hallberg, actor (1921-2010), followed by Karen Hallberg.
Where is the surname Hallberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Hallberg in Sweden and Argentina.
Is the surname Hallberg getting more or less common?: More common. 2,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,762 in 2010, up 3.1%.