Find out how popular the last name Kalmbach is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kalmbach.

Kalmbach, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kalmbach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kalmbach in America

Kalmbach is the 26422nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kalmbach surname appeared 924 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kalmbach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kalmbach to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kalmbach

The surname Kalmbach originated in Germany, specifically in the region of Bavaria. It can be traced back to the late Middle Ages, around the 14th or 15th century. The name is derived from the German words "Kalm" meaning "reedy" and "Bach" meaning "brook" or "stream." This suggests that the name likely referred to a person who lived near a reedy brook or stream.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Kalmbach can be found in the Biberacher Stiftungsbuch, a medieval record book from the town of Biberach in the Swabian region of Germany, dating back to the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, a notable figure with the surname Kalmbach was Hans Kalmbach, a German printer and publisher who lived from around 1490 to 1563. He was active in the city of Nuremberg and played a role in the spread of the Protestant Reformation through the printing and distribution of religious texts.

Another prominent individual with this surname was Johann Kalmbach, a German composer and organist who lived from 1644 to 1698. He was known for his contributions to the development of the church cantata and served as the organist at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.

In the 18th century, Johann Christian Kalmbach, born in 1694 and died in 1771, was a German clergyman and theologian who served as a pastor in various churches in Saxony.

Moving to the 19th century, August Kalmbach, born in 1823 and died in 1896, was a German-American newspaper publisher and editor. He founded the Nachrichten aus Deutschland und Briefe aus der Heimath, one of the earliest German-language newspapers in the United States.

Throughout its history, the surname Kalmbach has also been associated with various place names in Germany, such as Kalmbachgrün, a municipality in the district of Bayreuth, and Kalmbach, a small river in Bavaria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kalmbach

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kalmbach.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kalmbach was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kalmbach has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kalmbach was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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