Frequency: (233)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Scandinavian (Åberg): ornamental name from aa, å ‘river’ + berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’.
2. Norwegian: habitational name from a place so named, ‘(on) the hill by the river’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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