Colbert is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Colbert
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Perhaps personal name of Germanic origin, Coldberht (cold = cold + Berht = gloss), the surname may also correspond to the former French COLLIBERT, collivert Mallard (= serf, then man of low condition). It is in the Somme and the Marne it is the most common.

How popular is Colbert?

Colbert is common in United States.

Colbert is ranked 15704 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Colbert bearers increased by 7.669201 per cent in 2010 US census to 22940 since 2000, the surname slipped by 26 spots and ranked at 1570. The last name was found in around 78 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 45.91 48.09
Black 45.48 45.66
Others 3.58 2.42
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.69
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.99 1.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.31
Colbert is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Haiti is ahead in terms of density. Around 33473 people have been found who wears Colbert as their family name. Colbert is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
7,031 China6
2,537 Afghanistan4
46,068 Philippines3
7,294 Kuwait3
18,114 Algeria3
14,521 Portugal2
2,744 Rwanda2
4,104 South Korea2
12,161 Wales2
3,014 Taiwan2
8,995 Uganda2
4,164 Vietnam2
1,848 Madagascar2
65,594 Belgium2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
40,064 Nigeria2
26,123 Malaysia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
30,360 Thailand1
174,544 Czech Republic1
50,549 Georgia1
31,584 Peru1
3,952 Yemen1
6,820 Angola1
810,193 Indonesia1
37,493 Austria1
17,768 Pakistan1
165,773 Belarus1
8,859 Iraq1
613 Central African Republic1
801 Cape Verde1
29,046 Japan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
25,746 Finland1
6,688 Malawi1
8,268 Mauritius1
1,879 Belize1
2,057 Myanmar1
11,510 Oman1
9,591 Panama1
58,885 Poland1
10,190 Bahrain1
81,201 Switzerland1
746 Dominica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
17,489 Denmark30
59,636 Spain29
57,220 Netherlands27
378,102 India24
838 Guam24
15,050 Singapore18
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,801 Northern Ireland72
12,039 Colombia70
7,449 Scotland66
Countries with hundreds of Colbert:
4,536 Canada988
3,326 Australia927
5,446 Cameroon595
11,162 South Africa566
20,978 France465
1,243 Ireland464
28,225 Brazil429
34,330 Germany303
3,939 New Zealand194
19,046 Mexico183
Countries with thousands of Colbert:
786 Haiti2,038
6,676 England1,043
Countries with ten thousands of Colbert:
1,595 United States24,783
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Colbert was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 11, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Adirondack from Cork. Workman Thomas Colbert, 22 years old Patrick Colbert, John Colbert, aged 10, Mary Colbert (7), 5 years old Ellen Colbert, Workman Patk. Colbert, 19 years old John Colbert, Mary Colbert (21) Maid, Johanna Colbert, aged 26, and 79 other Colbert around 53.33% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, farmer migrated to US.

Comments

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Ivy Werth
 Colbert is a name of a rich Champagne family, from the personal name of Germanic origin kolberht, shape and kolfrais Berht meaning illustrious famous.

Colbert Namesakes

  • Agathe-Charlotte-Pauline Colbert, Édouard Charles Victurnien Colbert's daughter
  • Jim Colbert, Golfer
  • Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Politician
  • Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy, French statesman
  • Arva Colbert Floyd, Author
  • Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Politician
  • Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay, French Politician
  • Claudette Colbert, Actress
  • Stephen Colbert, Comedian
  • Carley Colbert, Actor
  • Mitchell Colbert characterized critical character of Fedora Guy in Harborside in 2017 comedy, documentary movie The Legend of 420.
  • Scott Colbert, from 2018 documentary movie Poet: An Intimate Discussion with Wade Radford, who played Scott.
  • In 2010 horror flick, ...And Then I Helped, Tom Colbert portrayed N.
  • Ezra James Colbert played central character of Tommy in 2014 family, fantasy movie Santa Claws.
  • Gregg Colbert played the central role of Gregg and Blair in 2014 drama, music movie Playing Warhol.

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