How common is the surname Sjoberg?

1,160 people in the United States had the surname Sjoberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sjoberg?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sjoberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sjoberg?

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

Where is the surname Sjoberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Sjoberg in the United States.

Is the surname Sjoberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Sjoberg

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,160 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sjoberg is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Sjöberg.

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 1,160 people named Sjoberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,161.

#22,235

rank among US surnames

1,160

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,088)

Who is named Sjoberg

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

93% of people named Sjoberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sjobergs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Glenn Theodore Seaborg
American chemist (1912–1999)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sjoberg

Sjoberg has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sjoberg come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Sjöberg.
How common is the surname Sjoberg?: 1,160 people in the United States had the surname Sjoberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sjoberg?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sjoberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sjoberg?: Glenn Theodore Seaborg, American chemist (1912–1999).
Where is the surname Sjoberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Sjoberg in the United States.
Is the surname Sjoberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, down 0.1%.