Westerberg is used as a family name or surname in Sweden, Germany. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Westerberg
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Sweden, Germany
Meaning:

Westerberg is the variation of the Westberg. One who came from Westborough, i.e., western fort, in Lincolnshire.

Western mountain.

The lastname is the variant form of Westerdale. A parish in Yorkshire.

How popular is Westerberg?

Westerberg is common in Sweden, United States, Finland, Denmark, Norway.

Westerberg is ranked 66025 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Westerberg bearers increased by 4.84 per cent in 2010 US census to 1580 since 2000, the surname slipped by 438 spots and ranked at 17734. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.56 95.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.66
Others 1.14 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.08 0.93
Westerberg is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sweden which signifies its Sweden provenence. Around 7559 people have been found who wears Westerberg as their family name. Westerberg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Westerberg:
219 Sweden4,168
18,608 United States1,936
Countries with hundreds of Westerberg:
1,993 Finland412
1,757 Denmark315
6,702 Norway110
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
59,527 Germany99
35,081 Canada93
45,159 South Africa92
27,873 Australia83
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,810 Wales47
161,051 France36
74,552 England30
174,290 Brazil28
15,474 Estonia15
352,754 Thailand15
73,030 Netherlands13
16,904 Ecuador12
55,358 Tanzania11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
58,198 Switzerland9

Immigrants to US

From Germany

F.G. Westerberg was 20 years old when he migrated to New York on October 24, 1863. He lived in Germany where he worked as clerk and took Sir Robert Peel from Hamburg. Peter Westerberg (20) Laborer, Petter-W. Westerberg, aged 22, J. Westerberg, aged 22, Farmer Ihrs. Westerberg, Frdr. Westerberg (24) Farmer, Heinr. Westerberg (16) Farmer, Per. Westerberg (27) Merchant, 23 years old Josef Westerberg, and 5 other Westerberg around 60% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Westerberg Namesakes

  • Lars Westerberg, CEO and President of the Swedish automotive safety company Autoliv
  • Paul Westerberg, American musician, best known as the lead singer
  • Bengt Westerberg, Swedish politician
  • Per Westerberg, Swedish politician

Westerberg Namesakes

  • Lars Westerberg, CEO and President of the Swedish automotive safety company Autoliv
  • Paul Westerberg, American musician, best known as the lead singer
  • Bengt Westerberg, Swedish politician
  • Per Westerberg, Swedish politician

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