How common is the surname Walberg?

1,101 people in the United States had the surname Walberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walberg?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walberg?

Tim Walberg, American politician (born 1951).

Where is the surname Walberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Walberg in the United States.

Is the surname Walberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Walberg

A German place surname, carried by 1,101 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walberg is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

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”).

Walberg is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,101 people named Walberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,118.

#23,167

rank among US surnames

1,101

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,716)

Who is named Walberg

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

93% of people named Walberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walbergs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Walberg
American politician (born 1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walberg

Walberg has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Walberg come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Walberg?: 1,101 people in the United States had the surname Walberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walberg?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walberg?: Tim Walberg, American politician (born 1951).
Where is the surname Walberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Walberg in the United States.
What type of surname is Walberg?: Walberg is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Walberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, down 1.5%.