Nyberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Nyberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ny (“new”) and berg (“mountain”).

Proper noun

Nyberg (plural Nybergs)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nyberg is the 8787^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3732 individuals. Nyberg is most common among White (93.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nyberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 684.

Swedish

Etymology

From ny (“new”) + berg (“mountain”).

Proper noun

Nyberg c (genitive Nybergs)

1. a surname