Kloss
English
editEtymology
editMultiple etymologies, including:
- Borrowed from German Kloss.
- Germanized form of Slavic surnames, from Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos.
Proper noun
editKloss (plural Klosses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kloss is the 10815th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2945 individuals. Kloss is most common among White (95.79%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kloss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.