Kloss Surname
Approximately 12,235 people bear this surname
Kloss Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Nicholas (people’s victory).
Kloss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,280 | 1:15,247 | 2,005 |
| United States | 4,028 | 1:89,985 | 10,112 |
| Brazil | 1,051 | 1:203,686 | 7,840 |
| Argentina | 446 | 1:95,837 | 8,072 |
| Austria | 243 | 1:35,043 | 5,630 |
| Canada | 185 | 1:199,165 | 19,489 |
| Poland | 172 | 1:220,981 | 28,861 |
| Russia | 121 | 1:1,191,100 | 87,429 |
| England | 89 | 1:626,046 | 36,944 |
| Israel | 84 | 1:101,877 | 11,676 |
| Czechia | 83 | 1:128,114 | 20,499 |
| Chile | 69 | 1:255,311 | 7,659 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| France | 41 | 1:1,620,066 | 149,911 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Ukraine | 33 | 1:1,379,476 | 113,823 |
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| South Africa | 22 | 1:2,462,623 | 101,019 |
| Hungary | 20 | 1:490,814 | 31,291 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Latvia | 4 | 1:512,512 | 30,386 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 262 | 1:191,674 | 16,822 |
Kloss (15) may also be a first name.
Kloss Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Nicholas (people’s victory).
Kloss Demographics
Kloss Political Affiliation
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Kloss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kloss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kloss (Russian: Клосс) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kloss? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,565th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 595,631 people. Kloss is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Kloss are found; 46 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kloss is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
The last name Kloss is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 5,280 people, or 1 in 15,247. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live and Berlin, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany this last name exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.
Kloss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kloss has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kloss last name expanded 1,537 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 494 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kloss Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kloss last name is primarily Orthodox (93%) in Russia.
In The United States Kloss are 7.24% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.01% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kloss earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 6.59% less than the national average, earning 323,262 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.3% less than the national average, earning R 220,296 per year; in United States they earn 5.5% more than the national average, earning $45,523 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.66% more than the national average, earning $52,993 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kloss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kloss in the Russian language | ||
| Клосс | kloss | - |
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