Kloß Surname

93,943rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kloß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kloß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,0391:15,9762,109
Austria341:250,45429,541
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Klo (2,191) are calculated separately.

Kloß Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kloß occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Klo. Click here for other possible spellings of Kloß.

How Common Is The Last Name Kloß? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 93,943rd most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,436,253 people. Kloß occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kloß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kloß is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 5,039 people, or 1 in 15,976. In Germany Kloß is most common in: Saxony, where 20 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klo952,191/
Klooß89107/
Klohß8913/
Kloße895/
Klos7513,856/
Kloh752,129/
Klou751,989/
Klaß75802/
Kleo75624/
Kloz75559/
Kloo75432/
Kloy75127/
Kloi7583/
Cloß7583/
Klio7570/
Kloj7567/
Khlo7541/
Kloś7538/
Kloa7536/
Kllo757/
Kloš754/
Klyo753/
Kloć751/
Kluo751/
Kloč751/
Klose6733,145/
Killo6729,937/
Kloss6712,235/
Kloos678,348/
Klopf672,057/
Kello671,383/
Kyllo671,021/
Klodt67874/
Klohs67757/
Klott67424/
Klous67384/
Klots67357/
Klooz67279/
Klosz67204/
Klois67155/
Khloo67115/
Källo6763/
Khloy6762/
Klaaß6760/
Klaße6750/
Klioh6749/
Kõllo6739/
Kloiz6738/
Klouz6735/
Klodd6731/
Klyos6726/
Khloh6716/
Klodz6715/
Klooe6714/
Kleou6713/
Kloht6710/
Kleuß679/
Clooß677/
Klosh676/
Klozz676/
Klyot675/
Kliop675/
Khlou675/
Kíllo673/
Kloph673/
Klosp673/
Khllo673/
Klocz672/
Kleho672/
Köllo672/
Khlos672/
Kleot672/
Kloyz672/
Kloys672/
Kluot671/
Klohh671/
Küllo671/
Kliod671/
Klouh671/
Kluoe671/
Ckloj671/
Kloix671/
Kloce670/
Klozt670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kloß
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