Explore the Family Name Gomberg

The meaning of Gomberg

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Homberg. The initial g is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Mandel. Russian Aleksandr, Arkadiy, Boris, Galina, Grigory, Iosif, Mordko, Vitaly, Vladimir, Yevgeniy, Yevgeniya, Yulia.

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How common is the last name Gomberg in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Gomberg experienced a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Gomberg was ranked 36,463 in popularity with a count of 579 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, it dropped to rank 38,801 with a count of 569, marking a decrease of 1.73%. The proportion of individuals with the surname Gomberg per 100,000 people also diminished by roughly 10%, moving from 0.21 in 2000 to 0.19 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,463	#38,801	-6.41%
Count	579	569	-1.73%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gomberg

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some shifts over the ten-year period. While the majority of those with the Gomberg surname identified as White in both 2000 (96.55%) and 2010 (95.78%), there was a minor decrease of 0.80% over the decade. Meanwhile, Hispanic representation increased significantly, jumping from 1.21% in 2000 to 2.64% in 2010, which is a rise of 118.18%. Interestingly, in 2000, 1.38% identified with two or more races, but this category was unrecorded in 2010. The Asian/Pacific Islander category appeared in 2010 with 0.88%, while there were no recorded changes for Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native identifiers.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.55%	95.78%	-0.8%
Hispanic	1.21%	2.64%	118.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.88%	0%
Two or More Races	1.38%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%