# Kolberg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kolberg/  
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 | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,183 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,940 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 260,985 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (989 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Kolberg, a habitational surname for someone who came from the city of Kołobrzeg, now in Poland. * Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Kolberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements kol (“coal”) and berg (“mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kolberg 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Kilburn, Killebrew, Kilbourne, Klepper, Kilbourn, Kilbride, Kleiber, Kleber.

## 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.