Kolberg

English

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”).

Proper noun

Kolberg (plural Kolbergs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kolberg is the 21940^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1183 individuals. Kolberg is most common among White (95.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kolberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 332.