How common is the surname Klump?

1,529 people in the United States had the surname Klump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,926 Americans. It ranked 18,198th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klump?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Klump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Klump getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,529 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Klump

A surname, carried by 1,529 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K451

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klump is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

From the Dutch and German surname, variant of Klomp, from the noun klomp.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,529 people named Klump in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,926 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,542.

#18,198

rank among US surnames

1,529

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,988)

Who is named Klump

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

96% of people named Klump identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klump

Klump has the Soundex code K451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K451.

Questions

Where does the surname Klump come from?: From the Dutch and German surname, variant of Klomp, from the noun klomp.
How common is the surname Klump?: 1,529 people in the United States had the surname Klump in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,926 Americans. It ranked 18,198th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klump?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Klump identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Klump getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,529 in 2010, down 0.8%.