Klut
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Übername zu mnd. klōt(e), klūt(e) „Kloß, Klumpen, Erdscholle/-haufen“; wohl nach rundlichem Körperbau
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Klut is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 247K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 575K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 37 (measured from records)
- 1 in 247K (inferred from the name graph)
≈140 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Klüt in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Übername zu mnd. klōt(e), klūt(e) „Kloß, Klumpen, Erdscholle/-haufen“; wohl nach rundlichem Körperbau.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klut counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 575K | — | Klüt | 30 |
| NL Netherlands | 70 | 1 in 247K | 70 | Klut | 6 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Klut | 5 |
| US United States | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 11M | — | Klut | 37 |
| FR France | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 3.1M | listed | — | — |
| CA Canada | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 4.5M | — | Klut | 11 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the fr-insee-noms register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Klut is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Platte zu t/th-Varianten in Familiennamen; Varianten mit Klut/Kluth.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, From mnd. klôt(e), klût(e) (mhd. klôa) 'Kloß, Klumpen, Erdscholle, -haufen'; bearer count 825; shows t/th variation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, t/th-Varianz; zu Kluth. Plate zeigt Konsonantenvariation t/th.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In Swedish, rag, cloth, patch
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a cloth
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 70 | #24,773 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Klut mean?
- Recorded meaning: Übername zu mnd. klōt(e), klūt(e) „Kloß, Klumpen, Erdscholle/-haufen“; wohl nach rundlichem Körperbau.
- In which country does Klut have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 139 people named Klut in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled klüt.
- Where is Klut most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Klut is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 247 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Klut?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 70 people named Klut in 2007, about 1 in 247 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/klutThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Klut”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.