Klopfenstein surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Klopfenstein surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,498 people carried this name — #17,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

527 people named Klopfenstein live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 336
Zurich 48
Vaud 48
Basel-Landschaft 19
St. Gallen 14
Thurgau 13
Geneva 12
Jura 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Klopfenstein.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Bas-Rhin 112
Territoire de Belfort 56
Doubs 13
French Guiana 4
Paris 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Moselle 3
Haute-Saône 2

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

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