# Sandberg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sandberg/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,416 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,210 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,686 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (8,391 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Sandberg, a habitational surname from a village in Bavaria. * Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Sandberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sand (“sand”) and berg (“mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sandberg in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sandberg in the United States.

## People named Sandberg

- Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, activist, and author
- Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player and manager (1959–2025)
- Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress (1963–2014)

## Similar surnames

Sundberg, Sandifer, Sandefur, Sandford, Sandiford, Sandoval, Santibanez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.