Explore the Family Name Kollath

The meaning of Kollath

German: probably from the ancient Germanic personal name Colohart, cognate with Old Norse kollir ‘helmet’.

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How common is the last name Kollath in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Kollath has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Kollath was ranked as the 55,376th most popular surname with a count of 347 individuals bearing this name, amounting to a proportion of 0.13 per 100k people. However, by 2010, Kollath had dipped in rank to 64,388, with only 309 individuals bearing the surname. This represented a drop in the proportion per 100K people to 0.1, marking changes of -16.27% in rank, -10.95% in count, and -23.08% in proportion.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,376	#64,388	-16.27%
Count	347	309	-10.95%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.1	-23.08%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kollath

Regarding the ethnicity of individuals bearing the surname Kollath, Decennial U.S. Census data shows that in 2000, almost all identified as White (95.97%), while a small percentage (1.73%) identified as having two or more races. No individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. By 2010, the percentage identifying as White increased slightly to 96.44%. There were no longer any individuals identifying as having two or more races. However, there was a new appearance of individuals identifying as Hispanic, accounting for 1.94% of individuals with the surname Kollath. There were still no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.97%	96.44%	0.49%
Hispanic	0%	1.94%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.73%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%