# Stenberg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stenberg/  
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) | 2,637 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,874 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 117,082 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (2,550 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Stenberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sten (“stone”) and berg (“mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stenberg 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stenberg in the United States.

## People named Stenberg

- Amandla Stenberg, American actress

## Similar surnames

Steinberg, Steinberger, Steinbeck, Stembridge, Steinbrecher, Stanford, Stump, Stamper, Stanfield, Stamps, Stumpf, Stambaugh.

## 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.