Klimczak Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Klimek surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Family name meaning

One surname, two spellings: Klimczak and Klimek. At root, the name means “Little Clement”.

Klimczak is listed among the recognised spellings of Klimek. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Klimeck, Klimas and Klimmek. The 2010 census count for Klimczak in the United States was 720, good for rank 32,031. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. Between 1891 and 2000, 268 babies born in France were registered as Klimczak, with the most births in 1931–1940.

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