Find out how popular the last name Klappenbach is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Klappenbach.

Klappenbach, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Klappenbach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Klappenbach in America

Klappenbach is the 141140th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Klappenbach surname appeared 118 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Klappenbach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Klappenbach to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Klappenbach

The surname Klappenbach is of German origin, originating in the Middle Ages. It is believed to have derived from the Middle Low German words "klappen" meaning "to clap" or "to rattle," and "bach" meaning "stream" or "brook." This suggests that the name may have referred to a person who lived near a noisy or babbling brook.

In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Klappenbach, Klappenbeek, and Clappenbach in various historical records from the 14th to 16th centuries in regions of northern Germany and the Netherlands. One of the earliest known mentions of the name was in a land registry from the city of Lübeck, dated 1387, which listed a Henneke Klappenbach as a landowner.

The Klappenbach surname can be found in several historical documents, including the Dithmarschen Land Register of 1559, which recorded several families with this name living in the region. Additionally, a Johannes Klappenbach was mentioned in a church record from the town of Oldenburg in 1612.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the Klappenbach surname was Hans Klappenbach, a merchant and burgher of the city of Bremen, who lived from 1548 to 1622. Another notable figure was Nicolaus Klappenbach, a Lutheran minister and theologian from Rostock, who lived from 1619 to 1670.

Other historical figures bearing the Klappenbach name include Johann Klappenbach (1663-1726), a German jurist and legal scholar from Lübeck, and Friedrich Klappenbach (1738-1808), a German botanist and naturalist who studied the flora of the Baltic region.

In the 19th century, Carl Klappenbach (1809-1867) was a German architect and builder who designed several notable buildings in the city of Hamburg, including the Curiohaus and the Ringel-Brauhaus.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Klappenbach

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Klappenbach.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Klappenbach was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Klappenbach has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Klappenbach was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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