Ortberg

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ɔɹtbɝɡ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ortberg is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M(measured from records)
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 698K
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 810K

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈330 people, est.

Sources
104 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 698K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ortberg 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 Ortberg is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈330 est.≈1 in 698K—Ortberg1
US United States1501 in 2.2M150Ortberg104
ZA South Africa≈31 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Ortberg1
DE Germany≈19 est.≈1 in 4.3M—Ortberg14
LB Lebanon≈7 est.≈1 in 810K—Ortberg1
SE Sweden≈7 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Ortberg1

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. 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)

Ortberg is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Örtberg

  • Swedish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Örtberg

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Örtberg

18 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)

19501960197019801990John Ortberg, b. 1957Kelly Ortberg, b. 1960Daniel M. Lavery, b. 1986
  • John Ortbergb. 1957USAmerican Christian author
  • Kelly Ortbergb. 1960USAmerican businessperson and corporate director, retired Chief Executive Officer, Collins Aerospace
  • Daniel M. Laveryb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer and blogger

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)

FormalDear Ortberg,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Ortberg
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010150#116,201
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000134#119,644
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020132#133,220
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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

How do you pronounce Ortberg?
A machine transcription gives /ɔɹtbɝɡ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Ortberg have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 334 people named Ortberg in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ortberg.
How common is the name Ortberg?
In the United States, the national register counted 150 people named Ortberg in 2010, about 1 in 2.2 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, “Ortberg”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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