Sandberg: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

A coat of arms was granted to a particular family line, not to everyone named Sandberg, so a shared surname is a clue rather than a claim to the arms.

The meaning behind Sandberg

Sandberg is a Swedish surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “sandy mountain, or fortified place”.

Related forms include Sandburg. About 8,416 people in the United States were recorded as Sandberg in 2010, placing it 4,210 on the national list.

Want more than a summary? See the Sandberg family name pack.