Colbing Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Colbing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colbing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden281:351,67024,678
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Colbing Last Name Facts

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

Colbing occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colbing? popularity and diffusion

The surname Colbing is the 3,602,217th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Colbing is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Colbing live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 93 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 351,670. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 89 percent live, Jämtland County, where 4 percent live and Kalmar County, where 4 percent live. Besides Sweden this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colbin9294/
Colbina865/
Kolbing862/
Coulbin861/
Colbinn860/
Colbuin860/
Colbn832/
Koelbing8027/
Kolbin774,181/
Calbin7763/
Colbyn7727/
Colben779/
Qolbin778/
Kolbina713,536/
Calwing71162/
Kalbing717/
Colbent716/
Calbuin713/
Caluing712/
Jalbing712/
Colbuen712/
Solbeng711/
Kolbeng711/
Kolwing710/
Calbion710/
Calluing672/
Colvn671/
Calbueng671/
Caliueng671/
Koulbien671/
Kholbeng671/
Kallbing670/
Kolbn670/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Colbing
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