Klooster

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Klooster is the 39887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Klooster is most common among White (97.45%) individuals.

Etymology

 * (Drenthe) First attested as een huys geheiten ten cloester by coevorden in 1328. Derived from . The toponym originally referred to a farmhouse located close to a monastery.
 * (Noord-Brabant) First attested as 't Klooster in 1838-1857. Derived from, here used in the dialectal sense of "enclosed farmland".

Noun

 * 1) cloister, monastery