Explore the Family Name Weberg

The meaning of Weberg

1. Norwegian: variant of Veberg, a habitational name from a farm named with either vegr ‘road’ or vethr ‘weather’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’. 2. Norwegian: variant of Hveberg, a habitational name from the farm Hveberg in Solør, named with an unexplained first element + berg ‘mountain, hill’. 3. Swedish: ornamental name from an unexplained first element + berg ‘mountain, hill’. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Nels, Alf, Erik.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Weberg has seen a slight decrease in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname dropped from 36,956 to 40,082, indicating an 8.46% decline. Furthermore, there was also a drop in the count of people with the Weberg surname, from 569 individuals in 2000 to 547 in 2010, marking a 3.87% decrease. The proportion per 100k also fell by 9.52%, moving from 0.21 in 2000 to 0.19 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,956	#40,082	-8.46%
Count	569	547	-3.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Weberg

When looking at the ethnic identity of those carrying the Weberg surname, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that it is predominantly associated with White ethnicity. In 2000, around 98.07% of individuals with the Weberg surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 95.98% in 2010. There were no reported individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years. However, there was a small emergence of Hispanic individuals with the Weberg surname in 2010, accounting for 2.01%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.07%	95.98%	-2.13%
Hispanic	0%	2.01%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%