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Klug Klug is a surname from German. It is used in English and Czech.
Original German Kluger
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Usage not recorded
Sex usage isn’t recorded for this spelling yet.
People named Klug in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Klug’s family of names In German usage, Klug has a later derivative in KLUGH. In German usage, Klug as a surname has a related form in KLUGE. In German usage, Klug as a surname has a related form in KLUGE.
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Klug Kluger Kluge Klugh The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Nicknames & forms 3 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.