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 55841st 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/
Proper noun
Thunberg c (genitive Thunbergs)
- a Swedish surname
- Carl Peter Thunberg, b. 1743
Descendants
- Translingual: Thunb., Thunbergia, thunbergii, thunbergi
- English: Thunberg
- Latin: Thunbergius