Högberg

surname · Latin script

/h2:g%berj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Högberg is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From hög (“high”) + berg (“mountain”).

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 1.8K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 751K
  • FIFinland1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

5,699 people

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hogberg in US United States, NO Norway, BY Belarus and Hoegberg in BJ Benin.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From hög (“high”) + berg (“mountain”).

Sources 1

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Högberg counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Högberg is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#1655,6991 in 1.8K5.7KHögberg71
BJ Benin#714≈620 est.≈1 in 21K—Hoegberg3
US United States—4431 in 751K443Hogberg161
FI Finland—4251 in 13K425Högberg5
BY Belarus—≈260 est.≈1 in 37K—Hogberg1
NO Norway—≈82 est.≈1 in 66K—Hogberg12

5,699 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Högberg is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hogberg

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Hogberg

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Finland

    Also written Hogberg, Хёгберг, Хегберг

  • Danish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden

    Also written Hogberg

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Hogberg

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Sweden, United States

    Also written Hogberg

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Olof Högberg, b. 1855Lars Erik Högberg, b. 1858Ulf Högberg, b. 1946Göran Högberg, b. 1948Donald Högberg, b. 1952Fredrik Högberg, b. 1971Julia Högberg, b. 1982Marcus Högberg, b. 1994Linus Högberg, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalHej ,Dear Högberg, (English)
InformalHej ,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Högberg
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—5.7K#166
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—425#3,990
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—137—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Högberg mean, and where does it come from?
From hög (“high”) + berg (“mountain”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Högberg?
A machine transcription gives /h2:g%berj/ (IPA) for Swedish.
In which country does Högberg have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Högberg, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled högberg.
Where is Högberg most common?
Högberg is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.8 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Högberg?
In Sweden, the national register counted 5,699 people named Högberg, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
How common is Högberg compared with other names?
In Sweden, Högberg is the 165th most common surname of 187,334 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Högberg” — the 165th most common surname in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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