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    The surname Kohlmann

    A German occupational surname, carried by 673 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K455

    Kohlmann: #33,810 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kohlmann #33,810, 673 people Kohlmann: #33,810 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kohlmann #33,810, 673 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kohlmann is more common than 79.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Kohlmann, an occupational surname for someone who grew and sold cabbage.

    Kohlmann is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 673 people named Kohlmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 458,760 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 644.

    #33,810
    rank among US surnames
    673
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #33,425)

    Who is named Kohlmann

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Kohlmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kohlmann

    Kohlmann has the Soundex code K455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K455.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kohlmann come from?
    Borrowed from German Kohlmann, an occupational surname for someone who grew and sold cabbage.
    How common is the surname Kohlmann?
    673 people in the United States had the surname Kohlmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 458,760 Americans. It ranked 33,810th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kohlmann?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kohlmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Kohlmann?
    Kohlmann is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Kohlmann getting more or less common?
    More common. 644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 673 in 2010, up 4.5%.
    What are other spellings of Kohlmann?
    Kohlman.