Lundberg
A Swedish habitational surname meaning “person from the grove hill” or “grove mountain.”
The #4,458 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 38,797 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Lundberg is a Swedish compound surname built from lund, meaning “grove” or “small wood,” and berg, meaning “hill” or “mountain.” The literal sense is something like “grove hill” or “wooded hill,” and it would originally have referred to someone living near such a place. As with many Swedish surnames, it may also have been adopted as an ornamental name, especially during the period when fixed surnames became more common.
History
The name is especially associated with Sweden and Swedish-speaking communities. It became more visible outside Scandinavia through emigration to North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In modern usage it is most often encountered as a Swedish or Swedish-American surname.
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Fun fact
The two parts of the name are both very common in Scandinavian place-names, so Lundberg sounds distinctly Swedish even when it began as a place-based surname.