Thunberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Thunberg.

Proper noun

Thunberg (plural Thunbergs)

A surname from Swedish

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Thunberg is the 55841^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 367 individuals. Thunberg is most common among White (90.46%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thunberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Swedish

Alternative forms

Tunberg

Etymology

From tun (“courtyard; fence”) +‎ berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj/
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Proper noun

Thunberg c (genitive Thunbergs)

a Swedish surname
Carl Peter Thunberg, b. 1743

Descendants

Translingual: Thunb., Thunbergia, thunbergii, thunbergi
English: Thunberg
Latin: Thunbergius

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