Klett
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. topographic name from Bavarian dialect glet ‘smallholding’ (a word of Slavic origin)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɫɛt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Klett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- NONorway1 in 46K(measured from records)
- UYUruguay1 in 121K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 145K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 1 (measured from records)
- 1 in 46K (inferred from the name graph)
1,203 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Reference-verified
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
1. topographic name from Bavarian dialect glet ‘smallholding’ (a word of Slavic origin). 2. variant of Klette.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klett 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,203 | 1 in 277K | 1.3K | — |
| NO Norway | 118 | 1 in 46K | 118 | — |
| ES Spain | 96 | 1 in 521K | 96 | — |
| CH Switzerland | 58 | 1 in 145K | 58 | — |
| PL Poland | 58 | 1 in 660K | 33 | — |
| UY Uruguay | 28 | 1 in 121K | 28 | — |
| DK Denmark | 13 | 1 in 451K | 13 | — |
1,203 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)
Klett is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Klett(e) 'burdock'; also from glet
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Luxembourgish, burdock
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)
- Georg Klettb. 1797DEGerman physician (1797–1855)
- August Klettb. 1799DEGerman politician (1799-1869)
- Theodor Klettb. 1808DEGerman gardener
- Ernst Klettb. 1863DEGerman entrepreneur and publisher
- Richard Klettb. 1867DEGerman veterinarian
- Arnulf Klettb. 1905DEGerman mayor (1905-1974)
- Ernst Klettb. 1911DEGerman publisher (1911-1998)
- Renate Klettb. 1946DEGerman writer
- Mark Klettb. 1952USAmerican photographer (born 1952)
- Stephanie Klettb. 1967USpolitician
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,162 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,759 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,660 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 118 | #13,131 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 96 | #28,378 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 96 | #28,244 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 58 | #16,638 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 33 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 33 | #65,949 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 28 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 25 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 25 | #78,217 |
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
- Where does the name Klett come from?
- 1. topographic name from Bavarian dialect glet ‘smallholding’ (a word of Slavic origin). 2. variant of Klette. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Klett?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɫɛt/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Klett mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. topographic name from Bavarian dialect glet ‘smallholding’ (a word of Slavic origin).
- In which country does Klett have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Klett, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Klett most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Klett is densest in Norway — about 1 in 46 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Klett?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,203 people named Klett in 2010, about 1 in 277 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Klett?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/klettThe 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, “Klett”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.