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    The surname Kolberg

    A German place surname, carried by 1,183 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K416

    Kolberg: #21,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kolberg #21,940, 1,183 people Kolberg: #21,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kolberg #21,940, 1,183 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kolberg is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    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”).

    Kolberg is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,183 people named Kolberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 989.

    #21,940
    rank among US surnames
    1,183
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,848)

    Who is named Kolberg

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

    95% of people named Kolberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kolberg come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Kolberg?
    1,183 people in the United States had the surname Kolberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kolberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kolberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Kolberg?
    Kolberg is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Kolberg getting more or less common?
    More common. 989 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 20%.