The Kalb surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,853 people carried this name — #11,116 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,608 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Kalb.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Kalb live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Kalb in American newspapers,
1906–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 149,410 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kalb,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Kalb 1854–1930 · stage actor -
Ulrich Kalb d. 1499
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Verena Kalb Wolf 1472–1513
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Heinrich Kalb 1752–1806 · military officer
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Philipp Jacob Kalb 1805–1883 · politician
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Liebchen Kalb 1859–1942
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kalb.
- Kaim 336 · U.S. census
- Kaiser 33,480 · U.S. census
- Kaizer 291 · U.S. census
- Kalai 169 · U.S. census
- Kalanquin 111 · U.S. census
- Kalaydjian 167 · U.S. census
- Kaleta 909 · U.S. census
- Kali 287 · U.S. census
- Kalinowski 3,951 · U.S. census
- Kalinski 487 · U.S. census
- Kalis 1,125 · U.S. census
- Kalita 460 · U.S. census
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