The kolberg Surname
kolberg Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Kolberg in Pomerania, or from various places formerly named Kohlberg or Colberg and now spelled Kolberg.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kohlenberg or Goldberg.
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in eastern Norway, so named from kol ‘charcoal’ + berg ‘mountain’.
- Swedish: ornamental name from the same elements as in the Norwegian name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Moritz Kolberg |
 tristalee5
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| Ralph Kolberg | julie pfeiffer sigwart | 1 |
| John Peter Kolberg |
friskydog
| 1 |
| Just beginning |
jasonkolberg
| 1 |
| POW/MIA Korean War, KOLBERG |
raysestak126
| 0 |
| Evelyn B and Herman RHamm | Lillian (Kolberg) Grace | 0 |
| Origins of the Kolbergs | Jim Culbert | 5 |
| Children of Cleveland's Charles Kolberg |
irishalberta
| 1 |
| Kolberg Cousin - IL | KATHY KOLBERG FOSTER | 3 |
| Kohlberg - Illinois |
janiebac
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