Klammer
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Klammer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: topographic name for someone living in or near a gorge or ravine (see Klamm).
- DEGermany≈1 in 55K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 765K
- ATAustria≈1 in 7K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 138 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
topographic name for someone living in or near a gorge or ravine (see Klamm).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klammer 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Klammer | 5 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Klammer | 88 |
| AT Austria | #530 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 7K | — | Klammer | 60 |
| US United States | — | 435 | 1 in 765K | 476 | Klammer | 138 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 413K | — | Klammer | 17 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 204K | — | Klammer | 3 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 50K | 23 | — | 4 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the ee-stat-nimed 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)
Klammer is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, clamp
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, comparative degree of klam
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, a staple (paper fastener)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a squeeze
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Franz Klammerb. 1898ATAustrian composer and singer (1898-1968)
- Gerhard Klammerb. 1921DEGerman geologist and historian
- Bruno Klammerb. 1938ITItalian author
- Franz Klammerb. 1953ATAustrian skier and Olympic champion
- Markus Klammerb. 1963DEGerman artist (1963-1993)
- Ilmar Klammerb. 1963EEEstonian architect (born 1963)
- Mathias Klammerb. 1988ATAustrian writer
- Sarah Klammerb. 1995ATAustrian association football player
- Bernhard Klammermusher
- Daniela KlammerATresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 476 | #42,830 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 435 | #48,530 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 431 | #52,071 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 23 | #4,700 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 16 | #7,113 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- 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 Klammer mean, and where does it come from?
- topographic name for someone living in or near a gorge or ravine (see Klamm). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Klammer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.0 thousand people named Klammer in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled klammer.
- How common is the name Klammer?
- In the United States, the national register counted 435 people named Klammer in 2010, about 1 in 765 thousand residents.
- How common is Klammer compared with other names?
- In Austria, Klammer is the 530th most common surname of 127,275 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Klammer” — the 530th most common surname in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.