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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : (Kölling): from the Germanic personal name Kolo, Colo + the suffix -ing denoting affiliation.
  • North German : topographic name from Middle Low German kolinge, a term denoting an area of forest to be cut for charcoal burning.

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