# Kloss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kloss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,945 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,815 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 104,837 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (2,916 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname Klöss, from the personal name Kloss, shortened from Nikolaus. Compare Klos. * Also as a German surname, from the noun Kloß (“lump, block”). * Also Germanized from several of Slavic surnames, such as Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos, all meaning "ear or spike of cereal;" see also Klos.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kloss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kloss in the United States.

## People named Kloss

- Karlie Kloss, American fashion model
- Henry Kloss, American audio engineer (1929–2002)

## Similar surnames

Klos, Klass, Klose, Kloos, Kowalski, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kelso, Klug, Klaus, Kyles, Kallas.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.