Clod Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Clod Surname Definition:

From the Danish, Kloth; from the Dutch, Kloot; from the German, Clott; a personal name.

Clod Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Denmark61:940,78647,603
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Clod (187) may also be a first name.

Clod Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Danish, Kloth; from the Dutch, Kloot; from the German, Clott; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Clod Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Clod Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Clod is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Clod? popularity and diffusion

Clod is the 2,605,694th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Clod reside; 20 percent reside in Western Europe and 18 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Clod is also the 665,130th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 187 people.

The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 60 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Hesse, where 10 percent reside. Other than Germany it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Denmark, where 11 percent reside.

Clod Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Clod has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Clod surname grew 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cloud8922,546/
Cloyd894,715/
Clodd89111/
Clodt8995/
Cleod8942/
Chlod8924/
Cloid8915/
Clood896/
Clyod893/
Clodz892/
Cluod891/
Clo861,571/
Cloudt80483/
Cloidt80123/
Cloodt80102/
Cloedt8036/
Clouds8013/
Clousd802/
Cleoud801/
Cloudd801/
Clouyd801/
Scleod801/
Chloud801/
Cloyds800/
Clos753,380/
Clot753,258/
Clop75883/
Cloy75758/
Cleo75473/
Cloa75471/
Clou75412/
Cloo75249/
Clad75168/
Clio75166/
Klod75159/
Cloß7583/
Cloz7540/
Clud755/
Cloi753/
Qlod752/
Cloh752/
Cloë752/
Slod751/
Cloţ751/
Clyo751/
Jlod751/
Cllo750/
Cloodts7329/
Schlodt7323/
Schloud731/
Claud678,866/
Cillo674,611/
Closs674,545/
Cello672,428/
Clout672,214/
Cloos671,948/
Cloet671,861/
Cloux671,099/
Klodt67874/
Chlad67681/
Clous67596/
Cloup67569/
Clopp67394/
Clott67271/
Kloud67248/
Cloth67246/
Cladd67203/
Cloot67182/
Clost67163/
Chlud67139/
Clotz67120/
Clote67111/
Kloid6787/
Cloys6772/
Closz6761/
Cloch6744/
Clots6744/
Khlod6743/
Cladt6737/
Sloyd6733/
Klodd6731/
Slood6730/
Chlot6727/
Cloës6721/
Kloed6716/
Klodz6715/
Clohs6715/
Chlád6715/
Jloud6712/
Closh677/
Clooß677/
Cqulo676/
Clads675/
Cludd673/
Sloud673/
Clouz673/
Jlood673/
Kloyd673/
Sloid672/
Cludt672/
Jloyd672/
Klood672/
Cloha672/
Cloht672/
Clois671/
Kliod671/
Qloud671/
Cleud671/
Clios671/
Clogy671/
Clopf671/
Cluid671/
Cluyd671/
Clyad671/
Slodt671/
Cleoh671/
Slods671/
Cliad671/
Cloët671/
Cloëz671/
Cloța671/
Cleou671/
Zlood671/
Xllod671/
Ckloj671/
Clocz671/
Cloit670/
Slodd670/
Cloyt670/
Cloop670/
Schloidt670/
Closp670/

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