Kolberg Family History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Kolberg in Pomerania or from any of various places formerly named Kohlberg or Colberg (now 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 hill’ often denoting a black color or charcoal burning.

Swedish: ornamental name from the same elements as in the Norwegian name in 3 above.