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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish (Östberg) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental or topographic name composed of Swedish öst, German Ost ‘east’ + Swedish berg, German Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.
  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Østberg (see 1).

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