Kolb is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kolb
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Alsace and Moselle, the name in the Middle Ages had the sense of mace, mace. No doubt the nickname of a warrior or a great and strong man.

How popular is Kolb?

Kolb is common in United States.

Kolb is ranked 11462 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kolb bearers increased by 0.5238749 per cent in 2010 US census to 11705 since 2000, the surname slipped by 246 spots and ranked at 3064. The last name was found in around 40 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.69 95.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.12 1.36
Others 1.4 0.95
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.44
Black 0.38 0.48
Kolb is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 46721 people have been found who wears Kolb as their family name. Kolb is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
14,126 Colombia3
46,068 Philippines3
662 New Caledonia3
11,532 Croatia3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
19,452 Malaysia3
14,004 Hungary2
9,272 Ecuador2
41,879 Turkey2
4,367 Afghanistan2
21,529 Singapore2
20,186 Kenya2
20,595 China2
34,681 Norway2
18,625 Japan2
1,500,361 India2
3,791 Namibia2
7,292 Vietnam1
15,705 Cameroon1
9,116 Nicaragua1
90,903 Moldova1
810,193 Indonesia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,877 Cuba1
25,721 Egypt1
11,486 Estonia1
2,232 French Polynesia1
2,578 Guam1
31,207 Ireland1
16,283 Lithuania1
3,307 Malta1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,830 Morocco1
5,916 Mozambique1
3,275 Nepal1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,774 Kazakhstan48
11,040 Scotland39
13,773 Denmark39
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
2,645 Luxembourg26
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
34,392 Spain68
78,184 Italy67
14,205 Sweden65
Countries with hundreds of Kolb:
1,450 Belarus907
21,034 Brazil604
32,460 Russia474
18,786 Ukraine300
12,746 Canada300
20,379 South Africa292
14,944 Mexico262
20,346 England258
11,280 Australia247
28,748 Argentina179
18,629 Netherlands146
14,744 Czech Republic119
9,170 Israel118
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Kolb:
5,660 France1,506
648 Austria1,179
795 Switzerland1,053
Countries with ten thousands of Kolb:
228 Germany23,065
2,669 United States15,052
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Comments

D
Drucilla Hellyer
Kolb is an Alsatian family name very frequent, represents a nickname which means club and has applied a powerful man.

Kolb Namesakes

  • Jim Kolbe, Former United States Representative
  • Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar
  • Alesso Kolb, Patricia Manterola's son
  • Andris Kolbergs, Screenwriter
  • Tanja Kolbe, Ice dancer
  • Annette Kolb, Author
  • Arianne Faber Kolb, Author
  • Athena Kolbe, Researcher
  • Athena Kolbe, Researcher
  • Kevin Kolb, Football quarterback

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