Kohlberg is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kohlberg
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

An adaptation of Kohl. One who grew and sold cabbage.

How popular is Kohlberg?

Kohlberg is common in Germany, United States.

Kohlberg is ranked 335688 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kohlberg bearers increased by 6.8 per cent in 2010 US census to 220 since 2000, the surname slipped by 418 spots and ranked at 85049. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.73 96.12
Kohlberg is an uncommon surname, few people in Germany have the family name and might have roots in Germany. Around 1098 people have been found who wears Kohlberg as their family name. Kohlberg is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Kohlberg:
18,676 Germany515
70,653 United States383
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,957 Netherlands75
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
96,432 South Africa24
29,154 Sweden24
33,097 Switzerland18
237,746 France16
4,776 Bolivia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
220,704 Canada8
26,217 Estonia8
135,538 Australia7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Seilig Kohlberg was 34 years old when he migrated to USA on December 7, 1852. He lived in Germany where he worked as merchant and took Norma from Bremen. H. Kohlberg (20) Farmer, H. Kohlberg, aged 20, 14 years old Gust. Kohlberg, Helene Kohlberg, Josephine Kohlberg, aged 18, 16 years old Sophie Kohlberg, J. Kohlberg (43) Merchant, Corad Kohlberg, aged 46, and 19 other Kohlberg around 31.82% of whom were farmer while others worked as daughter and weaver migrated to US from Bremen, Hamburg and Hamburg & Southampton.

Kohlberg Namesakes

  • Alfred Kohlberg, American textile importer
  • Olga Bernstein Kohlberg, Jewish Texan philanthropist and founder of the first public kindergarten
  • Yaron Kohlberg, Israeli pianist
  • Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist best
  • Benny Kohlberg, retired Swedish cross-country skier

Kohlberg Namesakes

  • Alfred Kohlberg, American textile importer
  • Olga Bernstein Kohlberg, Jewish Texan philanthropist and founder of the first public kindergarten
  • Yaron Kohlberg, Israeli pianist
  • Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist best
  • Benny Kohlberg, retired Swedish cross-country skier

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