Mälberg

surname · Latin script

/me:l%berj/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mälberg is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ornamental name, from an unexplained first element -t- berg ‘mountain’.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DKDenmark1 in 78K
  • FIFinland1 in 242K

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.

United States (measured from records)

221 people, 2010

Sources
9 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Malberg in US United States, EE Estonia.

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)

ornamental name, from an unexplained first element -t- berg ‘mountain’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mälberg 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 Mälberg is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2211 in 1.5M234Malberg5
DK Denmark751 in 78K75——
EE Estonia≈32 est.≈1 in 39K24Malberg9
FI Finland231 in 242K23—1
SE Sweden171 in 600K17Mälberg4

221 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); the ee-stat-nimed register; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Mälberg is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Denmark, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Danish

    Also written Malberg, Målberg, Maelberg

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Malberg

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)

1850190019502000Jaan Mälberg, b. 1888Elle Mälberg, b. 1907Kalle Mälberg, b. 1948Meelis Mälberg, b. 1970Tiina Mälberg, b. 1970Miko Mälberg, b. 1985

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 Mälberg, (English)
InformalHej ,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Mälberg
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—24#4,486
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—23#4,877

Reference works 1

  • 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 Mälberg mean, and where does it come from?
ornamental name, from an unexplained first element -t- berg ‘mountain’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Mälberg?
A machine transcription gives /me:l%berj/ (IPA) for Swedish.
In which country does Mälberg have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 221 people named Mälberg, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled malberg.
How common is the name Mälberg?
In the United States, the national register counted 221 people named Mälberg in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.

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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, “Mälberg”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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