The Kaltenbach surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,348 people carried this name — #19,911 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,321 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kaltenbach surname
By surface analysis, kalt + -en- + Bach.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kaltenbach» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Kaltenbach.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
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
71 people named Kaltenbach live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 31 people named Kaltenbach live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kaltenbach,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach 1807–1877 · teacher -
Johann Heinrich Kaltenbach 1807–1876 · teacher
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Rudolf Kaltenbach 1842–1893 · physician -
Julius Kaltenbach 1858–1931 -
Karl Kaltenbach 1882–1950 · athletics competitor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaltenbach.
- Kalis 1,125 · U.S. census
- Kalita 460 · U.S. census
- Kalk 573 · U.S. census
- Kalmes 322 · U.S. census
- Kaloustian 279 · U.S. census
- Kalt 513 · U.S. census
- Kaluza 679 · U.S. census
- Kaluzny 435 · U.S. census
- Kam 3,749 · U.S. census
- Kamal 2,623 · U.S. census
- Kamara 6,288 · U.S. census
- Kamel 1,477 · U.S. census
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