as a Last Name
- 11,641
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Kolb
Meaning & Origins
German: from Middle High German kolbe in various meanings. The main sense is ‘mace’ or ‘cudgel’, which was both a weapon and part of an official's insignia, in some cases the insignia of a jester. It may also be a house name: there is also record of a house named ‘zum Kolben’ in Strasbourg. In Silesia the term denoted a shock of hair or a shorn head. Any of these senses could have given rise to the surname.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,641
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Kolb per capita
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