Clos

See also: clos, CLOS, clós, and clos-

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from French Clos, a topographic surname for someone who lived by an enclosure.
• Respelling of either Dutch Claeys or German Kloss.
• Borrowed from Catalan Clos.

Proper noun

Clos (plural Closes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clos is the 38214^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 580 individuals. Clos is most common among White (98.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clos”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 346.