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    The surname Nordberg

    A surname, carried by 1,311 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N631

    Nordberg: #20,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nordberg #20,285, 1,311 people Nordberg: #20,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nordberg #20,285, 1,311 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nordberg is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,311 people named Nordberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,264.

    #20,285
    rank among US surnames
    1,311
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,727)

    Who is named Nordberg

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

    96% of people named Nordberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nordberg

    Nordberg has the Soundex code N631, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N631.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nordberg?
    1,311 people in the United States had the surname Nordberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nordberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nordberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Nordberg getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, up 3.7%.