The Colbert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,940 people carried this name — #1,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 21,306 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 11 births for the Colbert name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Colbert.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Colbert in American newspapers,
1908–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 86,030 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Colbert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619–1683 · politician -
Nicolas Colbert 1627–1676 · bishop -
Nicolas Colbert 1628–1676 · bishop
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Édouard Colbert de Villacerf 1628–1699 · politician -
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay 1651–1690 · politician -
Oudart Colbert d. 1573
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Colbert.
- Colace 139 · U.S. census
- Colaianni 433 · U.S. census
- Colak 195 · U.S. census
- Colangelo 3,307 · U.S. census
- Colantonio 653 · U.S. census
- Colas 1,323 · U.S. census
- Cole 195,289 · U.S. census
- Colella 4,150 · U.S. census
- Coleman 219,070 · U.S. census
- Coletta 1,676 · U.S. census
- Colette 173 · U.S. census
- Coletti 2,329 · U.S. census
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