How common is the surname Klose?

1,470 people in the United States had the surname Klose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. It ranked 18,694th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klose?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Klose?

Carl Klose, American rower (1891–1988).

Where is the surname Klose most common?

Wikidata records people named Klose in the United States.

Is the surname Klose getting more or less common?

More common. 1,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,470 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Klose

A surname, carried by 1,470 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). Klose is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,470 people named Klose in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,451.

#18,694

rank among US surnames

1,470

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,791)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,685	Gettinger	1,471	209,888
#18,694	Klose	1,470	210,031
#18,703	Commander	1,469	210,174

Who is named Klose

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

95% of people named Klose identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kloses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Klose
American rower (1891–1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klose

Klose 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 Klose?: 1,470 people in the United States had the surname Klose in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. It ranked 18,694th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klose?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klose identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Klose?: Carl Klose, American rower (1891–1988).
Where is the surname Klose most common?: Wikidata records people named Klose in the United States.
Is the surname Klose getting more or less common?: More common. 1,451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,470 in 2010, up 1.3%.