Kolbé Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kolbé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolbé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa681:796,73154,178
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Kolbe (18,873) & Kolbè (1) are calculated separately.

Kolbé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kolbé is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kolbe or Kolbè. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolbé? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kolbé is the 2,273,756th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Kolbé occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kolbé live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 796,731. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 43 percent are found, Western Cape, where 18 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kolbe9318,873/
Kolbè931/
Kolba802,197/
Kolby80833/
Kolbi80297/
Colbé801/
Kolbay73425/
Kolbai73271/
Kolbey73156/
Kolbee73110/
Kolbie7374/
Kholbi7355/
Kolbič7319/
Koulbe7319/
Kolbei7315/
Koulba7315/
Kholba7314/
Kolbeu739/
Kholby738/
Kolbaj734/
Colbér733/
Koelbi732/
Koelbe732/
Kolbeh732/
Kolboy731/
Kolboi731/
Kollbe731/
Kolbez730/
Kolbed730/
Kolbaia67280/
Kolbaya67270/
Kolbicz6776/
Kolbich6746/
Kolbitz6729/
Kolbetz6719/
Koulbai6712/
Koulbey6711/
Kolbech6711/
Kolberh679/
Koulbei675/
Kholbay673/
Kolbeis672/
Koolber671/
Kolbeit671/
Kolbets671/
Kolbych671/
Koulbie671/
Koolbea671/
Khoulbe671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kolbé
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