How common is the surname Lindberg?

10,149 people in the United States had the surname Lindberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,421 Americans. It ranked 3,516th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lindberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lindberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lindberg?

Chad Lindberg, American actor, followed by David C. Lindberg.

Where is the surname Lindberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Lindberg in the United States.

How do you pronounce Lindberg?

Lindberg is /ˈlɪnd.bɜɹɡ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lindberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 10,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,149 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Lindberg

A Swedish surname, carried by 10,149 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪnd.bɜɹɡ/ 2 syllables Soundex L531

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lindberg is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Lindberg.

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 10,149 people named Lindberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,421 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,163.

#3,516

rank among US surnames

10,149

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,225)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,507	Everhart	10,186	30,311
#3,508	Ahrens	10,182	30,323
#3,510	Chapin	10,175	30,344
#3,511	Hodgson	10,173	30,350
#3,513	Lanham	10,170	30,358
#3,514	Mendes	10,162	30,382
#3,515	Weiler	10,160	30,388

Who is named Lindberg

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

95% of people named Lindberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lindbergs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chad Lindberg
American actor, born 1976
David C. Lindberg
American historian of science (1935–2015)
Jim Lindberg
American singer, born 1965
Jenny Lee Lindberg
American bassist, born 1981
Tiana Lynn
American pornographic actress, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lindberg

Lindberg has the Soundex code L531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L531.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lindberg come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Lindberg.
How common is the surname Lindberg?: 10,149 people in the United States had the surname Lindberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,421 Americans. It ranked 3,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lindberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lindberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lindberg?: Chad Lindberg, American actor, followed by David C. Lindberg.
Where is the surname Lindberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Lindberg in the United States.
How do you pronounce Lindberg?: Lindberg is /ˈlɪnd.bɜɹɡ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lindberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 10,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,149 in 2010, down 0.1%.