# Walberg (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,101 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,167 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 280,423 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (1,118 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Walberg, a variant of either Wallberg or Wahlberg. * Borrowed from Norwegian Wålberg, a habitational surname from Old Norse valr (“falcon”) or hváll (“dome-shaped hill”) + berg (“mountain”). * Borrowed from Swedish Walberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements vall (“grassy field, pasture”) and berg (“mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walberg 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Walberg in the United States.

## People named Walberg

- Tim Walberg, American politician (born 1951)

## Similar surnames

Wahlberg, Wilber, Wilbert, Wolbert, Walburn, Walbridge, Wilburn, Wolford, Wilbur, Williford, Welborn, Wilborn.

## 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.