Klot
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɫɑt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Klot is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: emboîture; creux d’une berge.
- NLNetherlands1 in 19Kas Kloet(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 2.4Mas Kloet
- UYUruguay1 in 121K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Klot itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 88 (measured from records)
- 1 in 121K (inferred from the name graph)
921 named Kloet, 2007
Highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kloet in US United States, NL Netherlands, AU Australia and 3 more.
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)
emboîture; creux d’une berge
Sources 1
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klot 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 921as Kloet | 1 in 19K | 921 | Kloet | 64 |
| US United States | 139as Kloet | 1 in 2.4M | 147 | Kloet | 88 |
| DE Germany | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Klot | 35 |
| CA Canada | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 798K | — | Kloet | 31 |
| AU Australia | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 645K | — | Kloet | 38 |
| UY Uruguay | 28 | 1 in 121K | 28 | Klot | 10 |
| PA Panama | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 629K | — | Kloet | 2 |
| BM Bermuda | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Kloet | 2 |
921 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)
Klot 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 Swedish, a solid (large) ball, often harder than a boll
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vo, a dress (in general)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, basic, undecorated
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, emboîture; creux d’une berge
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
In Breton, fait de glousser
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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)
- Vladimir Klotb. 1827RU(1827-1888)
- Georgia Brownb. 1933GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress and singer (1933-1992)
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 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 28 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Klot mean, and where does it come from?
- emboîture; creux d’une berge Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
- How do you pronounce Klot?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɫɑt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Klot have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 921 people named Kloet, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Klot most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Klot is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 121 thousand people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Klot?
- In Uruguay, the national register counted 28 people named Klot, about 1 in 121 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Klot?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/klotThe 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, “Klot”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.