Kolberg
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Kolberg (plural Kolbergs)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kolberg is the 21940th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1183 individuals. Kolberg is most common among White (95.18%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kolberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 332.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms borrowed from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English terms borrowed from Swedish
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- English surnames from Norwegian
- English surnames from Swedish