Kolberg
surname · Latin script
Meaning: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in eastern Norway, so named from kol ‘charcoal’ + berg ‘mountain’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkoʊɫbɝɡ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kolberg is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- BRBrazil
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in eastern Norway, so named from kol ‘charcoal’ + berg ‘mountain’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kolberg is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
habitational name from Kolberg in Pomerania, or from various places formerly named Kohlberg or Colberg and now spelled Kolberg.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
ornamental name from the same elements as in the Norwegian name.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
variant of Kohlenberg or Goldberg.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Latvian, Skulberģu muiža, kas atradās Valmieras apriņķa Skaņkalnes pagastā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Valmieras novada Skaņkalnes pagasta bijušais nosaukums vāciski
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Juliusz Kolbergb. 1776DEPolish translator
- Oskar Kolbergb. 1814PLPolish ethnologist, folklorist, and composer (1814-1890)
- Augustin Kolbergb. 1835PLGerman politician, jurist, theologian, canon and bibliographer (1835-1909)
- Hugo Kolbergb. 1898PLAmerican concertmaster
- Walter Kolbergb. 1899DEGerman politician
- Elmer Kolbergb. 1916USearly professional football player (1916-1994)
- Kåre Kolbergb. 1936NONorwegian composer (1936-2014)
- Martin Kolbergb. 1949NONorwegian politician
- Jaan Kolbergb. 1958EEEstonian film director (born 1958)
- Majtie Kolbergb. 1999DEGerman middle-distance runner
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 14 countries.
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kolberg mean, and where does it come from?
- habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in eastern Norway, so named from kol ‘charcoal’ + berg ‘mountain’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Kolberg?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkoʊɫbɝɡ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kolberg have the most bearers?
- Kolberg is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kolberg”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.