How common is the surname Klock?

2,413 people in the United States had the surname Klock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,951 Americans. It ranked 12,785th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klock?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Klock getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,413 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Klock

A surname, carried by 2,413 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klock is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Dutch and north/Low German surname, from both Middle Low German klok (“clever, wise”) and klocke (“bell”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,413 people named Klock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,951 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,479.

#12,785

rank among US surnames

2,413

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,616)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,782	Garibaldi	2,414	127,898
#12,785	Klock	2,413	127,951
#12,789	Sailor	2,412	128,004
#12,794	Scalzo	2,411	128,057

Who is named Klock

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

95% of people named Klock identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klock

Klock has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Questions

Where does the surname Klock come from?: Dutch and north/Low German surname, from both Middle Low German klok (“clever, wise”) and klocke (“bell”).
How common is the surname Klock?: 2,413 people in the United States had the surname Klock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,951 Americans. It ranked 12,785th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klock?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Klock getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,413 in 2010, down 2.7%.