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    The surname Sandberg

    A German place surname, carried by 8,416 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S531

    Sandberg: #4,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sandberg #4,210, 8,416 people Sandberg: #4,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sandberg #4,210, 8,416 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sandberg is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    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”).

    Sandberg is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,416 people named Sandberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,686 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,391.

    #4,210
    rank among US surnames
    8,416
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,888)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,201Macedo8,43336,612
    #4,203Baeza8,43236,616
    #4,204Seidel8,43036,625
    #4,205Snipes8,42836,633
    #4,206Sandlin8,42136,664
    #4,207Sherrod8,42036,668
    #4,208Herbst8,41936,672

    Who is named Sandberg

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

    95% of people named Sandberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sandbergs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sheryl Sandberg
      American technology executive, activist, and author, born 1969
    • Ryne Sandberg
      American baseball player and manager (1959–2025)
    • Christine Cavanaugh
      American voice actress (1963–2014)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sandberg

    Sandberg has the Soundex code S531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S531.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sandberg come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Sandberg?
    8,416 people in the United States had the surname Sandberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,686 Americans. It ranked 4,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sandberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sandberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sandberg?
    Sheryl Sandberg, American technology executive, activist, and author, followed by Ryne Sandberg.
    Where is the surname Sandberg most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sandberg in the United States.
    What type of surname is Sandberg?
    Sandberg is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sandberg getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,416 in 2010, up 0.3%.