Colb Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Finland

Colb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
England11:55,718,059489,080
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

Colb (15) may also be a first name.

Colb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Colb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Colb is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,385,851st most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Colb live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. Colb is also the 2,900,335th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

Colb is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 3,207,601. In The United States Colb is most frequent in: Virginia, where 13 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Colb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 7 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Colb last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Colb earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.6% less than the national average, earning $42,029 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colbs8913/
Colbt891/
Coolb891/
Scolb890/
Coulb890/
Colbth800/
Kolb7556,904/
Colp75798/
Colf75516/
Solb75362/
Calb7553/
Culb7517/
Colv753/
Zolb751/
Colw751/
Colfs6793/
Koslb6773/
Colpe6768/
Cholp6759/
Koelb6740/
Kolbs6736/
Solbø6727/
Kholb6717/
Colfe6717/
Colps6715/
Coulp678/
Colff676/
Soulb676/
Chalb674/
Zholb673/
Kolbë672/
Soilb672/
Collf671/
Kotlb671/
Coylw670/
Kolbt670/
Chulb670/
Koulb670/
Caulb670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Colb
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