Claasen Surname
Approximately 11,218 people bear this surname
Claasen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8,870 | 1:6,108 | 778 |
| Namibia | 1,022 | 1:2,358 | 358 |
| Germany | 515 | 1:156,321 | 18,676 |
| Netherlands | 413 | 1:40,889 | 6,953 |
| United States | 136 | 1:2,665,139 | 160,299 |
| New Zealand | 127 | 1:35,656 | 6,115 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Claasen (15) may also be a first name.
Claasen Demographics
Average Male Claasen Height
172.11 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Claasen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Claasen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Claasen is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Claasen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 46,219th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 649,630 people. The surname Claasen is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Claasen are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
Claasen is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 8,870 people, or 1 in 6,108. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 57 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.
Claasen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Claasen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Claasen surname increased 648 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Claasen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Claasen last name are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Claasen earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 23.91% less than the national average, earning R 180,816 per year and in United States they earn 6.25% less than the national average, earning $40,451 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Claasen
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