'''Stenberg''' is a surname that was the 11,945th most common last name in the United States as of the 2000 census.<ref>U.S. Census Bureau. {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 10, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101012101346/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/genealogy/names/dist%2Eall%2Elast |archive-date=October 12, 2010 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |title=American Surnames |author=Smith, Elsdon Coles |page=[https://archive.org/details/americansurnames0000smit/page/26 26] |isbn=9780806311500 |year=1986 |orig-year=1969 |type=reprint |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/americansurnames0000smit |url-access=registration |location=Baltimore, Maryland }}</ref> According to the "Dictionary of American Family Names", this is a Swedish ornamental surname meaning "stone mountain" (or "stone hill" in Danish or Norwegian).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Dictionary of American Surnames |via=Ancestry.com |title=Stenberg Name Meaning & Stenberg Family History |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=stenberg |year=2013 |accessdate=5 June 2015 }}</ref>

==People with the surname==<!-- alphabetize by first name --> *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

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