Klüg Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Klüg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klüg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Klug (33,183) & Klúg (2) are calculated separately.

Klüg Last Name Facts

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

Klüg occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Klug or Klúg. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klüg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Klüg occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Klüg live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 2,367,808. In Germany Klüg is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Denmark, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klug9233,183/
Klúg922/
Klog75114/
Klig7554/
Klugh67782/
Klück67297/
Kloeg67247/
Klugt67157/
Klueg67129/
Klyug6795/
Kloog6751/
Kloug6725/
Klogh6718/
Klugg6710/
Klugs672/
Hklug672/
Klogg671/
Klieg671/
Khlig671/
Klaug670/
Kliug670/
Kluig670/

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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 Klüg
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