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The Klopp surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,073 people carried this name — #14,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 142,900 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,112 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Klopp surname

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”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Klopp» (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 205 people named Klopp.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Moselle 116
Paris 31
Meuse 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Bas-Rhin 6
Oise 6
Somme 3
Hauts-de-Seine 2

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

In print

Klopp in American newspapers,
1899–1914.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Klopp
The Portland Daily Press 1899-08-22
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Klopp
Daily Kennebec Journal 1907-01-24
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Klopp
The Ogden Standard 1914-05-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,685 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Klopp,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Onno Klopp
    Onno Klopp 1822–1903 · writer
  • Nico Klopp
    Nico Klopp 1894–1930 · engraver
  • Stan Klopp 1910–1980 · baseball player
  • Eberhard Klopp 1937– · politician
  • Onno Klopp 1941– · jurist
  • Ingrid Klopp 1943–2024 · politician

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Klopp.

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