Klaus Forename
795th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,083,396 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Klaus Forename User-submission:
German variation of 'Νικόλαος' (Nikolaus), of Greek origin: νίκη, nikē. 'victory' and λαός, laos, 'people'.
Klaus Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 992,990 | 1:97 | 5 |
| Austria | 100% | 30,215 | 1:282 | 76 |
| Denmark | - | 14,595 | 1:387 | 99 |
| United States | 100% | 8,056 | 1:45,002 | 2,628 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,358 | 1:1,292 | 272 |
| Brazil | 100% | 4,198 | 1:51,033 | 3,593 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,747 | 1:12,062 | 1,322 |
| France | 100% | 1,863 | 1:35,679 | 1,261 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,853 | 1:2,959 | 448 |
| Italy | 99% | 1,626 | 1:37,554 | 1,188 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,330 | 1:3,859 | 531 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Poland | 98% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Sweden | 100% | 982 | 1:10,039 | 884 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Thailand | 100% | 917 | 1:76,408 | 7,089 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 902 | 1:11,565 | 1,303 |
| England | 100% | 832 | 1:66,830 | 2,870 |
| South Africa | 99% | 773 | 1:70,547 | 6,463 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 761 | 1:22,210 | 2,061 |
| Australia | - | 724 | 1:18,864 | 1,369 |
| Belgium | 100% | 680 | 1:16,897 | 1,415 |
| Spain | 100% | 658 | 1:70,714 | 2,422 |
| Chile | 94% | 497 | 1:35,427 | 1,492 |
| Albania | 100% | 462 | 1:6,594 | 1,192 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Egypt | - | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Portugal | - | 286 | 1:36,402 | 1,414 |
| Ecuador | - | 266 | 1:66,643 | 2,021 |
| Mexico | 99% | 247 | 1:502,609 | 5,632 |
| Russia | 99% | 241 | 1:598,480 | 6,122 |
| Peru | 99% | 231 | 1:137,625 | 4,278 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| Greece | 100% | 218 | 1:50,158 | 1,743 |
| Estonia | 100% | 205 | 1:6,416 | 876 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 204 | 1:2,765 | 389 |
| Romania | 100% | 203 | 1:98,778 | 4,384 |
| China | - | 200 | 1:6,830,279 | 59,340 |
| Greenland | - | 184 | 1:306 | 55 |
| New Zealand | - | 148 | 1:30,649 | 2,015 |
| Czechia | 95% | 143 | 1:74,519 | 1,010 |
| Philippines | 96% | 138 | 1:768,185 | 22,637 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 127 | 1:126,838 | 2,458 |
| Namibia | - | 118 | 1:20,374 | 1,859 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 111 | 1:272,089 | 8,933 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Iraq | 100% | 101 | 1:346,711 | 4,577 |
| Ireland | 100% | 98 | 1:47,383 | 1,584 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 87 | 1:435 | 98 |
| Croatia | 100% | 75 | 1:56,228 | 1,827 |
| Hungary | 94% | 75 | 1:130,557 | 830 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Indonesia | - | 60 | 1:4,299,394 | 177,786 |
| Scotland | 100% | 60 | 1:89,173 | 2,197 |
| Japan | - | 55 | 1:2,327,019 | 20,839 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 53 | 1:574,527 | 24,020 |
| Israel | 100% | 52 | 1:161,595 | 5,570 |
| Singapore | 100% | 50 | 1:125,741 | 7,744 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 43 | 1:502,570 | 16,199 |
| Argentina | 100% | 42 | 1:1,018,411 | 5,265 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 39 | 1:185,559 | 3,160 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 35 | 1:97,932 | 2,563 |
| Ukraine | 92% | 34 | 1:1,338,233 | 4,008 |
| Zambia | - | 33 | 1:480,448 | 11,250 |
| Wales | 100% | 30 | 1:103,144 | 2,492 |
| Hong Kong | - | 28 | 1:276,883 | 3,560 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 27 | 1:222,901 | 5,415 |
| India | - | 23 | 1:52,820,781 | 884,653 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21 | 1:2,513,729 | 22,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 21 | 1:340,571 | 16,465 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 19 | 1:250,945 | 5,192 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 18 | 1:295,004 | 1,634 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Colombia | 100% | 16 | 1:2,986,183 | 20,922 |
| Lebanon | 63% | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 16 | 1:11,097,772 | 123,439 |
| Haiti | - | 14 | 1:766,211 | 13,336 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Uganda | 100% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Vietnam | - | 12 | 1:7,718,593 | 3,884 |
| El Salvador | - | 11 | 1:576,526 | 4,842 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Cyprus | - | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10 | 1:1,774,684 | 14,586 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Kenya | 100% | 9 | 1:5,145,234 | 27,509 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 9 | 1:21,595,298 | 106,286 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 8 | 1:368,985 | 2,177 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 6 | 1:32,000 | 2,340 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 5 | 1:3,084,763 | 72,050 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Montenegro | - | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Jordan | 88% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
Klaus (43,516) may also be a surname.
Klaus Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
German variation of 'Νικόλαος' (Nikolaus), of Greek origin: νίκη, nikē. 'victory' and λαός, laos, 'people'.
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Klaus Demographics
Average Male Klaus Height
176.62 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 697 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Klaus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klaus in the Russian language | ||
| Клаус | klaus | - |
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