The Nyberg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,732 people carried this name — #8,787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,686 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Nyberg surname

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

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nyberg» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the Nordic population registers

15,765 people named Nyberg 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) 12,137
Finland (2026) 2,695
Norway (2025) 933

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

Nyberg in American newspapers,
1909–1925.

Newspaper page from The Morning Astorian carrying the name Nyberg
The Morning Astorian 1909-02-19
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Nyberg
The Indian Leader 1925-05-01
Newspaper page from The Cairo Bulletin carrying the name Nyberg
The Cairo Bulletin 1913-05-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Nyberg in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

349 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nyberg. The most, 59, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 170
New South Wales 130
South Australia 22
Queensland 15
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Nyberg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Julia Nyberg
    Julia Nyberg 1785–1854 · writer
  • Otto Nyberg
    Otto Nyberg 1825–1879 · military personnel
  • Otto Nyberg
    Otto Nyberg 1825–1879 · military personnel
  • Lars Nyberg 1694–1771 · politician
  • Lars Thorstensson Nyberg 1720–1792 · priest
  • Fredrik Lorenz Nyberg 1768–1831 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nyberg,
in the records of 9 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 States509 records

509 records of the Nyberg name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 162
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 100
  • Other U.S. records 247
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leonard Eric Nyberg

    Born 1951; from Cucamonga, California. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth R. Nyberg

    Born 1923 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; sales clerk from Cook County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Fairmount Willow Hills Memorial Park, Willow Springs, Illinois.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the America from Rotterdam, aged 16; servant. From Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 509 records for Nyberg in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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 · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Norway237 records

237 records of the Nyberg name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Mathilde Nyberg

    Census of 1910: Inkognitogaten, Kristiania; cook, born 1880 in Høland.

    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 Anders Nyberg

    Census of 1910: Sveen, øvre, Vang; farmer, born 1879 in Vang.

    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 Fredrik Nyberg

    Census of 1910: Vrængen (gaard), Øiestad; gardener, born 1857 in Gefleborg Sverige.

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

Showing 3 of 237 records for Nyberg 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).

Finland89 records

89 records of the Nyberg name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 55
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 34
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Elis Sanfrid Nyberg

    Born 1901 in Karjaa; farmhand. Died, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (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 Gösta Alexander Nyberg

    Born 1914 in Kirkkonummi; shop assistant. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Kirkkonummi.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (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 Åke Sigfrid Nyberg

    Born 1921 in Pietarsaaren mlk; labourer. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Vöyri.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 89 records for Nyberg 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).

Australia42 records

42 records of the Nyberg name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 34
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles M. Nyberg

    Retired of Seddon, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Nyberg

    Arrived in Victoria in 1903 aboard the Oruba, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward James Nyberg

    Retired of West Footscray, Victoria; died 1985.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Nyberg in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Nyberg name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • Other Canadian records 4
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Carl Wilford Nyberg

    Buried in 1972 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 67.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles Joseph Nyberg

    Died 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 83.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Carl August Nyberg

    Died 1943; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

Showing 3 of 16 records for Nyberg in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany3 records

3 records of the Nyberg 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 Richard Nyberg

    From Worms. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 19 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 116).

    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 Wilhelm Nyberg

    From Worms a. Rh. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 17 May 1916.

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

Showing 2 of 3 records for Nyberg 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).

France2 records

2 records of the Nyberg name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Frans Oscar Nyberg

    Born 1916 in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime); died 1974 in Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Sven Olle Nyberg

    Born 1929 in Sweden; died 1990 in Saint-Martin-de-Belleville (Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Nyberg name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adolf Frithjof Hjalmar Nyberg

    Married in 1918 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Baarend Nyberg

    Buried in 1777 in Leeuwarden.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

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); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Nyberg name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Nyberg

    East Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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