The Holmberg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,832 people carried this name — #6,937 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,676 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 110 people named Holmberg live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 87
City of Buenos Aires 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Holmberg live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 13
Basel-Landschaft 9
Geneva 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

15,514 people named Holmberg are counted in Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 12,651
Finland (2026) 2,398
Norway (2025) 465

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Holmberg in American newspapers,
1908–1920.

Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Holmberg
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1920-05-28
Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Holmberg
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1920-05-28
Newspaper page from The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review carrying the name Holmberg
The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review 1908-09-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,199 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Holmberg in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

1,616 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Holmberg. The most, 419, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,230
Western Australia 150
Queensland 84
New South Wales 57
Tasmania 52
South Australia 25
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Holmberg.

Who carried it

People named Holmberg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Stig Holmberg d. 1991 · politician
  • Håkon Holmberg d. 1976 · civil servant
  • Johan Holmberg d. 1710
  • Erik Jakobinpoika Holmberg 1620–1703
  • Mikael Eriksson Holmberg 1661–1742
  • Maria Johansdotter Ullberg 1677–1747

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Holmberg,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States800 records

800 records of the Holmberg name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 240
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 177
  • Other U.S. records 383
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward R. Holmberg

    Born 1911 in New York. Enlisted 1940 at Jamaica; fruit from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cecilia Holmberg

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Aller from Bremen and Southampton, aged 34; dressmaker. From Meldorf, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gust Emil Holmberg

    Veteran. Born 1889, died 1951; buried at Hot Springs National Cemetery, South Dakota.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 800 records for Holmberg in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Norway198 records

198 records of the Holmberg name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Marie Magdalene Holmberg

    Census of 1910: Nedre Blaasenborg, Stavanger; factory worker, born 1887 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Johannes Holmberg

    Census of 1910: Fjeldbo, Gjerpen; pulp mill worker, born 1863 in Sweden.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Peter Holmberg

    Census of 1910: Mellembøkasa, Id; retired farmer, born 1834 in Id.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 198 records for Holmberg in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia89 records

89 records of the Holmberg name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 32
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 28
  • Other Australian records 29
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johannes Holmberg

    Arrived in Queensland in 1871 aboard the Gutenberg, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jarl Holmberg

    Male nurse of Kew, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Carl Marcus Ingomar Holmberg

    Died 1927 in Public Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 89 records for Holmberg in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Finland57 records

57 records of the Holmberg name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 39
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 18
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Bruno Rikhard Holmberg

    Born 1913 in Karjaa; farmer. Died in 1942 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Karjaa.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record John Nestor Holmberg

    Born 1891 in Tenhola; farmer. Died in 1918 in Korppoo, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Emil Valfrid Holmberg

    Born 1909 in Karjaa; farmhand. Died in 1941 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Karjaa.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 57 records for Holmberg in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada22 records

22 records of the Holmberg name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 9
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Other Canadian records 6
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dorothy Mary Holmberg

    Buried in 1996 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 65.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Peter O. Holmberg

    Died 1968, aged 78; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Olaf Arvid Holmberg

    Died 1944; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 22 records for Holmberg in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands20 records

20 records of the Holmberg name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 11
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Laurens Emanuel Holmberg

    Married in 1835 in Goes; shopkeeper. Died 1837 in Goes, aged 26; "pakkedrager".

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anna Maria Holmberg

    Died 1932 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 46; domestic servant.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gustaf Holmberg

    Married in 1850 in Amsterdam; seaman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Holmberg in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany19 records

19 records of the Holmberg name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Holmberg

    Born 1894; from Thalheim. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 30 December 1916.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Fritz Holmberg

    From Tribohm, Franzburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 October 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 49).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Holmberg

    From Kaarz. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 24 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Holmberg in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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