How common is the surname Kolb?

11,705 people in the United States had the surname Kolb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,377 Americans. It ranked 3,064th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kolb?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kolb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kolb?

Claudia Kolb, American swimmer, followed by David A. Kolb.

Where is the surname Kolb most common?

Wikidata records people named Kolb in the United States.

Is the surname Kolb getting more or less common?

More common. 11,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,705 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Kolb

A German surname, carried by 11,705 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kolb is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kolb surname, related to modern Kolben (“club”).

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 11,705 people named Kolb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,377 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,644.

#3,064

rank among US surnames

11,705

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,818)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,055	Rains	11,737	26,305
#3,057	Lamar	11,733	26,314
#3,058	Holton	11,731	26,319
#3,059	Patten	11,730	26,321
#3,060	Harlow	11,726	26,330
#3,061	Vue	11,717	26,350
#3,062	Marx	11,716	26,352

Who is named Kolb

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

95% of people named Kolb identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kolbs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Claudia Kolb
American swimmer, born 1949
David A. Kolb
American psychologist and philosopher (b. 12 December 1939)
Clarence Kolb
Actor (1874-1964)
Edward Kolb
American physicist, born 1951
Barbara Kolb
American composer (1939–2024)
Kevin Kolb
American football player (born 1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kolb

Kolb has the Soundex code K410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K410.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kolb come from?: Borrowed from German Kolb surname, related to modern Kolben (“club”).
How common is the surname Kolb?: 11,705 people in the United States had the surname Kolb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,377 Americans. It ranked 3,064th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kolb?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kolb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kolb?: Claudia Kolb, American swimmer, followed by David A. Kolb.
Where is the surname Kolb most common?: Wikidata records people named Kolb in the United States.
Is the surname Kolb getting more or less common?: More common. 11,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,705 in 2010, up 0.5%.