Kloosterman Surname

88,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kloosterman Surname User-submission:

The Kloosterman surname means 'one who lived close to a monastery'.

Kloosterman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4,0271:4,193405
United States7651:473,80340,248
Canada3881:94,96310,347
Australia511:529,32739,816
Belgium301:383,22141,070
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
France271:2,460,101186,232
Argentina251:1,709,73790,467
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Austria121:709,62061,025
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Wales61:515,75523,171
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England51:11,143,612252,590
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Kloosterman Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Kloosterman surname means 'one who lived close to a monastery'.

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Kloosterman Last Name Facts

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

Kloosterman (Arabic: كلوسترمان) is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kloosterman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 88,082nd most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,335,694 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Kloosterman reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 4,027 people, or 1 in 4,193. In The Netherlands Kloosterman is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 18 percent reside, North Holland, where 15 percent reside and South Holland, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Kloosterman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kloosterman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kloosterman surname expanded 9,563 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kloosterman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kloosterman surname are 26.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Kloosterman earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 8.41% less than the national average, earning 316,989 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.12% less than the national average, earning R 185,076 per year; in United States they earn 3.19% more than the national average, earning $44,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.37% more than the national average, earning $50,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kloosterman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kloosterman in the Arabic language
كلوسترمانklwstrman-

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