How common is the surname Klug?

6,041 people in the United States had the surname Klug in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,108 Americans. It ranked 5,737th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klug?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klug identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Klug?

Aaron Klug, British chemist and biophysicist, followed by Gerald Klug.

Where is the surname Klug most common?

Wikidata records people named Klug in the United Kingdom, Austria and Argentina.

Is the surname Klug getting more or less common?

More common. 6,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,041 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Klug

A German surname, carried by 6,041 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). Klug is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Klug.

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 6,041 people named Klug in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,108 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,023.

#5,737

rank among US surnames

6,041

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,326)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,732	Sim	6,047	51,058
#5,734	Abeyta	6,046	51,066
#5,736	Hollenbeck	6,043	51,091
#5,737	Klug	6,041	51,108

Who is named Klug

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

95% of people named Klug identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Klugs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron Klug
British chemist and biophysicist, 1926–2018
Gerald Klug
Austrian politician, born 1968
Georgina Klug
Argentine volleyball and beach volleyball player, born 1984

Notable Klugs come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), Austria (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Klugh

Surnames that sound like Klug

Klug 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 Klug come from?: Borrowed from German Klug.
How common is the surname Klug?: 6,041 people in the United States had the surname Klug in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,108 Americans. It ranked 5,737th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klug?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klug identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Klug?: Aaron Klug, British chemist and biophysicist, followed by Gerald Klug.
Where is the surname Klug most common?: Wikidata records people named Klug in the United Kingdom, Austria and Argentina.
Is the surname Klug getting more or less common?: More common. 6,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,041 in 2010, up 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Klug?: Klugh.