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    The surname Klostermann

    A German occupational surname, carried by 642 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K423

    Klostermann: #35,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Klostermann #35,096, 642 people Klostermann: #35,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Klostermann #35,096, 642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klostermann is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Klostermann, an occupational surname for a servant in a monastery, from Kloster (“monastery; cloister”) + Mann (“man”).

    Klostermann is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 642 people named Klostermann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 480,912 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 594.

    #35,096
    rank among US surnames
    642
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #35,757)

    Who is named Klostermann

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

    98% of people named Klostermann identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Klostermann

    Klostermann has the Soundex code K423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K423.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Klostermann come from?
    Borrowed from German Klostermann, an occupational surname for a servant in a monastery, from Kloster (“monastery; cloister”) + Mann (“man”).
    How common is the surname Klostermann?
    642 people in the United States had the surname Klostermann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 480,912 Americans. It ranked 35,096th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Klostermann?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Klostermann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Klostermann?
    Klostermann is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Klostermann getting more or less common?
    More common. 594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 642 in 2010, up 8.1%.
    What are other spellings of Klostermann?
    Klosterman.