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The Klock surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,413 people carried this name — #12,785 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 2,479 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Klock surname

Dutch and north/Low German surname, from both Middle Low German klok (“clever, wise”) and klocke (“bell”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Klock» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 262 people named Klock.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Moselle 79
Bas-Rhin 53
Guadeloupe 28
Somme 22
Meurthe-et-Moselle 21
Paris 17
Pas-de-Calais 11
Yvelines 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 126 people named Klock live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 104
Santiago del Estero 12
Misiones 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Klock is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Klock,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kaspar Klock
    Kaspar Klock 1583–1655 · jurist
  • James Klock
    James Klock 1856–1927 · politician
  • Margaret E. Klock 1835–1915
  • Frances S. Klock 1844–1908 · politician
  • Joseph Klock 1908–1967 · politician
  • Walter Klock 1930–

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Klock.

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