Korb
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from gehorb 'cooperage/hoop-like enclosure' or related dialect form
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɔɹb/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Korb is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 20K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 145K
- BZBelize≈1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 282 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belize, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from gehorb 'cooperage/hoop-like enclosure' or related dialect form
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Korb counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 108K | — | Korb | 2 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈4,000 est. | ≈1 in 20K | listed | Korb | 115 |
| US United States | — | 2,287 | 1 in 145K | 2.4K | Korb | 282 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,208 | 1 in 175K | 1.2K | — | 3 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Korb | 23 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Korb | 28 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 45 | Korb | 11 |
| BZ Belize | #555 | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Korb | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the dfa-band-3 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Korb is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Low German korf 'basket'; also place names
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, basket
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, basket, creel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, b/f/v/w-Variation in Korb-Namen; wohl zu Korb/Basketmaker. Bearer counts shown: Korber 24, Körber 23, Korb 20; Korf 1087, Korff 362, Körfer 41; Korb 1, Korber 28; Korfer 18, Corfers 7, Korf 1.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Zu ahd. korb/korf, mhd. korp/korf, mnd. korf „Korb; Häuschen“ < lat. corbis; zeigt b/f-Varianz nach r. 1756 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hermann Korbb. 1656DEGerman artist
- Flóris Korbb. 1860HUHungarian architect (1860-1930)
- Pierre Korbb. 1908FRFrench footballer (1908-1981)
- Irene Korbb. 1923DEGerman actress (1923–1978)
- Lawrence Korbb. 1939USAmerican government official (1939–2026)
- Valeri Korbb. 1954EEEstonian politician (born 1954)
- Ron Korbb. 1961CACanadian musician
- Mihhail Korbb. 1980EEEstonian politician (born 1980)
- Darren Korbb. 1983UScomposer from the United-States
- Chris Korbb. 1987USAmerican soccer player (born 1987)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #11,729 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.4K | #12,483 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,334 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.2K | #7,788 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 45 | #2,199 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 44 | #2,256 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Korb mean, and where does it come from?
- from gehorb 'cooperage/hoop-like enclosure' or related dialect form Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Korb?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɔɹb/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Korb have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Korb in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled korb.
- How common is the name Korb?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,287 people named Korb in 2010, about 1 in 145 thousand residents.
- How common is Korb compared with other names?
- In Belize, Korb is the 555th most common surname of 11,408 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/korbThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Korb” — the 555th most common surname in Belize. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.