Frequency: (312)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: topographic name for someone living in or near a gorge or ravine, from Middle High German klamm ‘gorge’, ‘ravine’, ‘pass’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Egon, Konrad, Rommel, Ullrich.
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