Kolker

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Kolker is either a German-language occupational surname for a lime burner (cf. Kalker, Kalkbrenner) or a Jewish habitational name for someone from Kolki in Ukraine. [1] [2] Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. "Kolker Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-07-04. Approximately 2,186 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: Israel.
  2. "Kolker Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-07-04. Jewish (From Ukraine): Habitational Name For Someone From A Place Called Kolki In Ukraine. German: Occupational Name For A Lime Burner A Variant Of Kalker (See Kalk Kalkbrenner ).