# Colbert (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colbert/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,940 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,570 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,459 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.7% (21,306 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkoʊlbɚt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a Germanic personal name, composed of Proto-Germanic *kōlaz (“cool, cold; calm”) and *berhtaz (“bright”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colbert in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Colbert in the United States and the Kingdom of Italy.

## People named Colbert

- Claudette Colbert, American actress (1903–1996)
- Stephen Colbert, American comedian and writer (born 1964)
- Edwin H. Colbert, American paleontologist (1905-2001)
- Juliette Colbert de Barolo, 1785-1864, philanthropist woman
- Nate Colbert, American baseball player

## Similar surnames

Culbert, Calvert, Culbertson, Colburn, Culbreth, Colborn, Clifford, Culver, Calabrese, Claiborne, Clapper, Cleaver.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.