Kloster Surname

47,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Denmark

Kloster Surname User-submission:

Kloster means 'monastery' when it is translated from German to English. In French, the word for 'monastery' is monastère.

Kloster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina3,3541:12,7441,158
United States2,1281:170,32817,211
Germany1,5721:51,2126,679
Denmark1,2441:4,538404
Brazil1,0361:206,6357,955
Russia5911:243,86325,990
Norway3591:14,3241,660
France2451:271,11341,730
Canada1391:265,07624,993
Kazakhstan351:505,21437,000
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Austria211:405,49741,758
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
England121:4,643,172139,951
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Greenland111:5,125525
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
China51:273,464,31313,838
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

The alternate forms: Klöster (19) are calculated separately.

Kloster (70) may also be a first name.

Kloster Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Kloster means 'monastery' when it is translated from German to English. In French, the word for 'monastery' is monastère.

- stephane_kloster

Kloster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kloster (Arabic: كلوستر, Russian: Клостер) is found in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Klöster. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kloster? popularity and diffusion

It is the 47,558th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 669,873 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Kloster are found; 40 percent are found in South America and 31 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 70 people.

The surname is most common in Argentina, where it is carried by 3,354 people, or 1 in 12,744. In Argentina Kloster is mostly found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 44 percent reside, Entre Ríos Province, where 22 percent reside and Santa Fe Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Argentina Kloster occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Germany, where 14 percent reside.

Kloster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kloster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kloster surname grew 2,997 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kloster Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (94%) in Russia.

In The United States Kloster are 14.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.73% registered with the party.

The amount Kloster earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 29.39% more than the national average, earning 447,802 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.21% more than the national average, earning $48,849 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.55% less than the national average, earning $48,416 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klöster9519/
Klooster933,827/
Klyoster93221/
Kloester9368/
Klloster931/
Klostter931/
Klosterr931/
Closter86844/
Klester86580/
Klaster86348/
Kluster8622/
Klozter867/
Kläster861/
Klüster861/
Klosterová821/
Kleuster8062/
Klyuster8061/
Klaaster8012/
Klauster8012/
Klajster808/
Clouster804/
Cloister804/
Clooster803/
Klyaster801/
Kloosterová783/
Klyauster7518/
Cluster711,005/
Clostre71215/
Claster71151/
Clozter716/
Clastere6710/
Cluister678/
Clauster675/
Cleuster670/
Clostaire631/
Clastre57241/
Clustre571/
Claxter571/
Claustre531,172/
Clastère531/

Kloster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kloster in the Russian language
Клостерkloster-
Kloster in the Arabic language
كلوسترklwstr-

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