How common is the surname Norberg?

2,819 people in the United States had the surname Norberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. It ranked 11,216th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Norberg?

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

Where is the surname Norberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Norberg in Sweden.

Is the surname Norberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,819 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Norberg

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,819 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Norberg is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Norberg.

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 2,819 people named Norberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,829.

#11,216

rank among US surnames

2,819

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,434)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484
#11,216	Dennard	2,819	109,523
#11,223	Yeary	2,818	109,562
#11,225	Wolfgang	2,817	109,601

Who is named Norberg

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

95% of people named Norberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Norbergs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johan Norberg
Author, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Norberg

Norbury

Norberg has the Soundex code N616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N616.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Norberg come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Norberg.
How common is the surname Norberg?: 2,819 people in the United States had the surname Norberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,523 Americans. It ranked 11,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Norberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Norberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Norberg?: Johan Norberg, author.
Where is the surname Norberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Norberg in Sweden.
Is the surname Norberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,819 in 2010, down 0.4%.