How common is the surname Clos?

580 people in the United States had the surname Clos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. It ranked 38,214th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Clos getting more or less common?

More common. 539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 580 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Clos

A French place surname, carried by 580 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Clos is more common than 76.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Clos, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure. * Respelling of either Dutch Claeys or German Kloss. * Borrowed from Catalan Clos.

Clos is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 580 people named Clos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 539.

#38,214

rank among US surnames

580

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #38,587)

Who is named Clos

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

99% of people named Clos identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 99%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Clos

Clos has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Clos come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from French Clos, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure. * Respelling of either Dutch Claeys or German Kloss. * Borrowed from Catalan Clos.
How common is the surname Clos?: 580 people in the United States had the surname Clos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. It ranked 38,214th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Clos?: In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Clos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as two or more races.
What type of surname is Clos?: Clos is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Clos getting more or less common?: More common. 539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 580 in 2010, up 7.6%.