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    The surname Kloss

    A German surname, carried by 2,945 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K420

    Kloss: #10,815 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kloss #10,815, 2,945 people Kloss: #10,815 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kloss #10,815, 2,945 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kloss is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * 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.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,945 people named Kloss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,837 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,916.

    #10,815
    rank among US surnames
    2,945
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,159)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,808Hoskinson2,948104,731
    #10,809Horak2,947104,766
    #10,812Romain2,946104,802
    #10,815Kloss2,945104,837
    #10,819Oldenburg2,944104,873
    #10,822Sanon2,943104,908

    Who is named Kloss

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

    96% of people named Kloss identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Klosss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Karlie Kloss
      American fashion model, born 1992
    • Henry Kloss
      American audio engineer (1929–2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kloss

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kloss come from?
    * 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…
    How common is the surname Kloss?
    2,945 people in the United States had the surname Kloss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,837 Americans. It ranked 10,815th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kloss?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kloss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kloss?
    Karlie Kloss, American fashion model, followed by Henry Kloss.
    Where is the surname Kloss most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kloss in the United States.
    Is the surname Kloss getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,945 in 2010, up 1.0%.