Klös Surname
Approximately 868 people bear this surname
Klös Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 865 | 1:93,070 | 11,649 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Kloš (4) are calculated separately.
Klös Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klös Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Klös is found most in Germany. It may also be found as: Kloš. For other possible spellings of Klös click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klös? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 403,960th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,395,790 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Klös live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 865 people, or 1 in 93,070. In Germany Klös is most numerous in: Hesse, where 72 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found and Berlin, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 0 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klöss | 89 | 435 | / |
| Klöse | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kloš | 83 | 4 | / |
| Klösch | 80 | 471 | / |
| Küllös | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kellös | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kläs | 75 | 892 | / |
| Klöß | 75 | 420 | / |
| Kles | 75 | 338 | / |
| Clös | 75 | 65 | / |
| Klöz | 75 | 16 | / |
| Klöp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Klaes | 67 | 2,969 | / |
| Kless | 67 | 1,118 | / |
| Kloes | 67 | 779 | / |
| Klesh | 67 | 260 | / |
| Kluis | 67 | 202 | / |
| Klash | 67 | 136 | / |
| Klesz | 67 | 117 | / |
| Kleus | 67 | 93 | / |
| Klöpf | 67 | 45 | / |
| Köllö | 67 | 27 | / |
| Klész | 67 | 21 | / |
| Källö | 67 | 7 | / |
| Klöpp | 67 | 7 | / |
| Klosh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Klähs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ckles | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kläse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Klles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Klött | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kellö | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Klös
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