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The klink Surname

klink Name Meaning and History

  1. German: topographic name from Slavic klink, a diminutive of klin ‘nook’, ‘corner’, ‘wedge’.
  2. German: topographic name (see Klinge 1, 2).
  3. German: habitational name from places named Klink or Klinke in Rhineland, Mecklenburg, Silesia, or East Prussia.
  4. German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of door fittings or for a border or customs officer, from Middle High German, Middle Low German klinke ‘barrier’, also ‘latch’, ‘door handle’.
  5. Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of iron door latches and the like, from Middle Dutch clinke ‘bolt’, ‘strap’, ‘door handle’. Compare 5 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of klink Families in the US in 1920
Number of klink families
 65-128
 22-64		 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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