Look up another surname
The kloster Surname

kloster Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from Middle High German kloster (Old High German klostar, from Late Latin clostrum ‘monastic cell’), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a monastery or a metonymic occupational name for a servant in a monastery.
  2. Dutch: variant of Klooster, cognate with 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

14–Day Free Trial

Download the Getting Started guide
It's FREE with registration!

kloster Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add kloster family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of kloster Families in the US in 1920
Number of kloster families
 13-24
 5-12
 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view kloster census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for kloster records.
  • You can see how kloster families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search kloster census records.

Search for kloster records

Name

Birth

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA

Death

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Give priority to    

More resources for your kloster family history

Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?

A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Learn more about family trees.

The kloster name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kloster family name as far back in history as possible.

Member Connections

More Tools and Resources