How common is the surname Solberg?

5,379 people in the United States had the surname Solberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,398 Americans. It ranked 6,336th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Solberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Solberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Solberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,379 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Solberg

A surname, carried by 5,379 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Solberg is more common than 96.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,379 people named Solberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,398 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,470.

#6,336

rank among US surnames

5,379

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,788)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,327	Delano	5,392	57,260
#6,329	Pilcher	5,391	57,271
#6,330	Kephart	5,390	57,281
#6,331	Sink	5,388	57,302
#6,332	Magallon	5,387	57,313
#6,333	Conant	5,386	57,324
#6,334	Sterner	5,385	57,334

Who is named Solberg

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

95% of people named Solberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Solberg

Silber

Solberg has the Soundex code S416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S416.

Questions

How common is the surname Solberg?: 5,379 people in the United States had the surname Solberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,398 Americans. It ranked 6,336th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Solberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Solberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Solberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,379 in 2010, down 1.7%.