# Sjoberg (surname)

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

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,160 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,235 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 266,160 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (1,161 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Sjöberg.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sjoberg 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sjoberg in the United States.

## People named Sjoberg

- Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American chemist (1912–1999)

## Similar surnames

Sobers, Seaberg, Sparks, Spears, Sprague, Severson, Sprouse, Sparkman, Spires, Spriggs, Spurgeon, Shivers.

## 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.