The roots of the distinguished German surname Klumpf lie in the former duchy of Swabia. The name is of nickname origin, and means "lump" or "clumsy, crude, fat person." The name was most likely initially bestowed as a nickname on someone who possessed these characteristics, or in an ironic way on someone who possessed the opposite characteristics, and the name then evolved from nickname to surname.
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Early Origins of the Klumpf family
The surname Klumpf was first found in Swabia, where it most likely first emerged. The earliest known bearer of the name was Dilmann dictus Clump, who was a resident of the Swabian town of Hargarten in 1297. Some of the family trace back to the town of Chlum an der Cydlina in the former Austrian kingdom of Bohemia situated almost in the heart of Germany.
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Early History of the Klumpf family
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Klumpf Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Klump, Klumpp, Klumb, Klumpb, Klumpf and others.
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Early Notables of the Klumpf family
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Migration of the Klumpf family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johan Philip Klumpf and his wife Anna Margaretha Veronica, who emigrated from the Palatinate to New York in 1710; Friedrich Klump, a Hessian mercenary who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia after fighting in the American Revolution, Christian Klump, who came to Baltimore in 1832.
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