How common is the surname Klos?

2,479 people in the United States had the surname Klos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,544 Americans. It ranked 12,504th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klos?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Klos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Klos getting more or less common?

More common. 2,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,479 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Klos

A surname, carried by 2,479 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). Klos is more common than 92.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,479 people named Klos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,544 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,241.

#12,504

rank among US surnames

2,479

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,657)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,496	Justiniano	2,481	124,444
#12,500	Howey	2,480	124,494
#12,504	Gum	2,479	124,544
#12,510	Shain	2,478	124,595

Who is named Klos

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

75% of people named Klos identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klos

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

Questions

How common is the surname Klos?: 2,479 people in the United States had the surname Klos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,544 Americans. It ranked 12,504th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klos?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Klos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Klos getting more or less common?: More common. 2,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,479 in 2010, up 11%.