Overview
Sandberg is a Swedish surname, meaning "Sand Mountain". Zandberg is a variant spelling.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 46.4% of all known bearers of the surname Sandberg were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:540), 30.7% of the United States (1:29,945), 6.6% of Norway (1:1,976), 4.6% of Finland (1:3,032), 4.3% of Denmark (1:3,354), 2.2% of Canada (1:41,674) and 1.2% of Germany (1:167,842).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:540) in the following counties:
1. Norrbotten County (1:211)
2. Västerbotten County (1:353)
3. Jönköping County (1:399)
4. Örebro County (1:433)
5. Västmanland County (1:449)
6. Södermanland County (1:468)
7. Östergötland County (1:482)
8. Halland County (1:540)
In Norway, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,976) in the following regions:
1. Eastern Norway (1:1,403)
2. Northern Norway (1:1,747)
3. Trøndelag (1:1,940)
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