Kloos is used as a family name or surname in Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kloos
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Netherlands
Meaning: Very rare in France, the name is found mainly in the Netherlands, it is also present in Belgium and Germany. Other form: Klos. It is a variant of Klaus, which is the name Niklaus (= Nicolas).

How popular is Kloos?

Kloos is common in Netherlands.

Kloos is ranked 57363 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kloos bearers increased by 2.642277 per cent in 2010 US census to 1010 since 2000, the surname slipped by 762 spots and ranked at 24702. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.53 98.58
Hispanic or Latino 1.78 0.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0
Others 0.5 0.51
Kloos is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Netherlands is ahead in terms of density. Around 8117 people have been found who wears Kloos as their family name. Kloos is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
88,966 Czech Republic7
381,097 Ukraine4
184,212 France3
10,686 Costa Rica3
17,547 Colombia2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
24,460 Armenia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
2,211 Brunei1
49,101 Denmark1
16,640 Hong Kong1
153,416 Italy1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
38,841 Scotland1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,489 Australia43
32,811 Sweden29
2,645 Luxembourg26
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
37,246 Canada87
28,639 Kazakhstan86
19,740 Romania84
13,957 Switzerland81
66,582 Argentina60
60,099 England59
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Kloos:
53,118 Russia263
56,243 Brazil175
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Kloos:
1,731 Germany4,573
24,692 United States1,250
2,461 Netherlands1,006
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Kloos was 18 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 11, 1851. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Midas from Liverpool.

Kloos Namesakes

  • Marcela Kloosterboer, Actress
  • Willem Kloos, Poet
  • Hendrik Kloosterman, Mathematician
  • Marcela Kloosterboer, Actress
  • Marijke Kloosterman, Film producer
  • Ton van Klooster, Freestyle swimmer
  • Marcela Kloosterboer, Actress
  • Christon Kloosterboer, Musical artist
  • Elwin Kloosterman, Soccer player
  • Hendrik Kloosterman, Mathematician

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