Stenberg is a surname that was the 11,945th most common last name in the United States as of the 2000 census.[1] One origin nationality for the surname is Swedish, though it was not uncommon for Swedish immigrants to the United States to change this surname to Stoneberg.[2] According to the "Dictionary of American Family Names", this is a Swedish ornamental surname meaning "stone mountain" (or "stone hill" in Danish or Norwegian).[3]
People with the surname
- Amandla Stenberg (b. 1998), American actress
- Birgitta Stenberg (1932–2014), Swedish author, translator and illustrator
- Daniel Stenberg (b. 1970), Swedish Software Developer
- Dick Stenberg (1921–2004), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
- Don Stenberg (b. 1948), American politician
- Eira Stenberg (b. 1943), Finnish playwright and poet
- Elli Stenberg (1903–1987), Finnish politician
- Gaby Stenberg (1923–2011), Swedish actress
- Georgii Stenberg (1900–1933), Russian artist and designer
- Hans Stenberg (b. 1953), Swedish politician
- Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (b. 1949), Finnish expressionist and surrealist artist
- Ivar Stenberg (b. 2007), Swedish ice hockey player
- Jan Stenberg (1938–2015), Swedish businessman
- Jeremy Stenberg (b. 1981), American motocross rider
- Johnny Stenberg (1925–1990), Norwegian politician
- Karin Stenberg (1884–1969), Swedish Sami activist and teacher
- Kurt Stenberg (1888–1936), Finnish gymnast
- Leif Stenberg (b. 1969), Swedish Muslim scholar
- Lennart Stenberg, Swedish author of Den nya nordiska floran
- Lisette Stenberg (1770–1847), Swedish actress and musician
- Logan Stenberg (b. 1997), American football player
- Otto Stenberg (b. 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ragnar Stenberg (1887–1954), Finnish athlete
- Richard R. Stenberg (b. c. 1910), American historian
- Sirið Stenberg (b. 1968), Faroese politician
- Trine Stenberg (b. 1969), former Norwegian footballer
- Ulf Stenberg (born 1979), Swedish actor and theater director
- Ulla Stenberg (1792–1858), Swedish damask maker
- Vladimir Stenberg (1899–1982), Soviet artist and designer
People with the surname Lillo-Stenberg
- Lars Lillo-Stenberg (b. 1962), Norwegian musician
- Per Lillo-Stenberg (1928–2014), Norwegian actor
See also
- Stenberg v. Carhart, a Supreme Court case that ruled laws against partial birth abortions to be illegal
- Stenborg
Notes
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2006.
- ^ Smith, Elsdon Coles (1986 [1969]). American Surnames (reprint). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 26. ISBN 9780806311500. – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Stenberg Name Meaning & Stenberg Family History". Dictionary of American Surnames. 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015. – via Ancestry.com.