Lindberg (surname)

Last updated February 02, 2023

Lindberg is a common European surname. Literally translated it means lime OR LINDEN tree - mountain. It originally comes from villages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland ^[1] and is now very common in Sweden.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 52.9% of all known bearers of the surname Lindberg were residents of Sweden, 26.6% of the United States, 7.3% of Finland, 4.5% of Denmark, 3.4% of Norway and 1.9% of Canada.

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:354) in the following counties:

1. Västerbotten (1:122)
2. Gävleborg (1:178)
3. Norrbotten (1:244)
4. Uppsala (1:258)
5. Västmanland (1:264)
6. Dalarna (1:293)
7. Jämtland (1:319)
8. Västernorrland (1:319)
9. Södermanland (1:347)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,441) in the following regions:

1. Åland (1:336)
2. Southwest Finland (1:730)
3. Uusimaa (1:849)
4. Tavastia Proper (1:1,202)
5. Kymenlaakso (1:1,285)

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:25,889) in the following states:^[2]

1. Minnesota (1:2,886)
2. North Dakota (1:5,623)
3. Wyoming (1:7,249)
4. Washington (1:7,391)
5. Montana (1:7,443)
6. South Dakota (1:9,169)
7. Wisconsin (1:9,794)
8. Vermont (1:11,445)
9. Oregon (1:13,115)
10. Alaska (1:14,169)
11. Idaho (1:15,505)
12. Massachusetts (1:18,030)
13. Illinois (1:18,160)
14. Utah (1:18,608)
15. Rhode Island (1:18,664)
16. Kansas (1:19,262)
17. Connecticut (1:19,699)
18. Michigan (1:20,983)
19. Colorado (1:21,261)
20. Iowa (1:22,068)
21. New Hampshire (1:22,808)
22. Nebraska (1:22,893)
23. Arizona (1:23,616)
24. New Mexico (1:23,808)

People

A–G

Anna Lindberg (born 1981), Swedish diver
Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), Swedish actress
Carl Lindberg (1904–1984), Danish boxer
Chad Lindberg (born 1976), American actor
Charles W. Lindberg (1920–2007), United States Marine, one of the raisers of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima
Chris Lindberg (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey player
Christian Lindberg (born 1958), Swedish trombonist
Christina Lindberg (born 1950), Swedish actress and pin-up girl
David C. Lindberg (1935–2015), American historian of science
David R. Lindberg (born 1948), American malacologist
Dawn Lindberg (1945–2020), South African singer and actress
Donald A.B. Lindberg (1933–2019), U.S. physician
Edward Lindberg (1887–1978), U.S. Olympic athlete
Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944), Swedish writer and princess of Persia
Gunner Lindberg (born 1975), convicted U.S. murderer

H–M

Hanna Lindberg (1865–1951), Swedish politician, the first woman in a communal council (1910)
Hans Lindberg (born 1981), Danish team handball player
Helge Lindberg (1887–1928), Finnish opera singer
Janne Lindberg (born 1966), Finnish former professional footballer
Jim Lindberg (born 1968), U.S. singer-songwriter for the punk band Pennywise
John Lindberg (born 1959), American jazz double-bassist
John G. Lindberg (1884–1973), Finnish ophthalmologist, discoverer of exfoliation syndrome (1917)
Karin Lindberg (1929–2020), Swedish gymnast
Karin Kock-Lindberg (1891–1976), Swedish politician
Knut Lindberg (1882–1961), Swedish Olympic athlete
Knut Lindberg (wrestler) (1880–1930), Finnish wrestler
Kristoffer Lindberg (born 1992), Swedish politician
Magnus Lindberg (born 1958), Finnish composer
Marcus Lindberg (born 1980), Swedish footballer
Marie Lindberg (cyclist) (born 1987), Swedish road cyclist
Marie Lindberg (singer) (born 1975), Swedish teacher, singer/songwriter and guitarist
Morten Lindberg (1965–2019), also known as Master Fatman, Danish media personality

N–Z

Odd F. Lindberg (1945–2021), Norwegian freelance journalist, arctic explorer and film maker
Oskar Lindberg (composer) (1887–1955), Swedish composer
Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), Swedish cross-country skier
Patrik Lindberg (born 1988), better known as f0rest, Swedish Counter-Strike player
Sextus Otto Lindberg (1835–1889), Swedish physician and bryologist
Sigfrid Lindberg (1897–1977), Swedish footballer
Sven Lindberg (1918–2006), Swedish film actor and director
Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator
Teres Lindberg (born 1974), Swedish politician
Tomas Lindberg (born 1972), Swedish singer
Torsten Lindberg (1917–2009), Swedish football player and manager
Ulrika Knape-Lindberg (born 1955), Swedish diver, mother of Anna Lindberg
Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player

Related Research Articles

Nilsson is a Swedish surname and the fourth most common surname in Sweden. The name is a patronymic meaning "Nils's son". Nils was a very common name, especially in 19th century Sweden.

Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or "Johan's son". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johnson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.

Lind is a surname of both Swedish and Estonian origin. In Swedish, it is the word for the linden tree. In Estonian, it is the word for bird.

Palmgren is a Swedish-language surname.

Lindgren is a Swedish surname.

Mattsson is a Swedish surname.

Bergman is a surname of German, Swedish, Dutch and Yiddish origin meaning 'mountain man', or sometimes 'miner'.

Lundqvist is a Swedish surname.

Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin.

Englund is a surname of Swedish origin, meaning "meadow grove".

Jansson is a Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes, a cognate of John. There are alternate Belgian, German, Dutch, Danish, Latvian and Norwegian spellings. Jansson is rare as a given name.

Berglund is a surname of Swedish origin. It means 'mountain grove'.

Pettersson is a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter".

Blom is a surname of Scandinavian, German and Dutch origin. Blom is a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Afrikaans term for bloom or flower. In Dutch it is a variant of bloem meaning flour or flower.

Eklund is a Swedish surname.

Holm is a surname which originated in Scandinavia and Britain. Holm is derived from the Old Norse word holmr meaning a small island.

Sandberg is a Swedish surname, meaning "Sand Mountain". Zandberg is a variant spelling.

Dahlgren is a Swedish surname.

Lange is a surname derived from the German word lang "long".

Collin is a French-language surname.

References

↑ "Surname Database: Lindberg Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
↑ Lindberg surname distribution

This page lists people with the surname Lindberg.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Surname Database: Lindberg Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2019-07-16.

[lindberg2014-2] Lindberg surname distribution

[1]

[2]

Lindberg (surname)

Contents

Geographical distribution

People

A–G

H–M

N–Z

See also

Related Research Articles

References