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The klos Surname

klos Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch and German: variant spelling of Kloss.
  2. Polish: from a short form of Miklos, variant of the personal name Mikolaj, the Polish form of Nicholas.
  3. Polish (Klos): probably also a nickname for a small person, from klos ‘ear or spike of cereal’.

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Distribution of klos Families in the US in 1920
Number of klos families
 19-35
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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