Klopp

See also: klopp and klöpp

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle Low German klopper (“clapper, hammer, bobbin”), from the medieval name Chlodobert, from Frankish for "famously bright," from Proto-Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-tó-s (“famous”) << *ḱlew- (“to hear”) + *bʰerHǵ- (“to be bright, shine”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hleumô (“hearing”) and *berhtaz (“shining, bright”).

Proper noun

Klopp (plural Klopps)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Klopp is the 14419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2073 individuals. Klopp is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Klopp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.