Kolb Family History
Kolb Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kolb
Name Distribution of Kolb Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kolb families
 115 - 228  39 - 114 |
 1 - 38  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kolb families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kolb families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kolb Family Origin
Kolb Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kolb
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Kolb Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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