Claims Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Claims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Claims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Claims (26) may also be a first name.

Claims Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Claims Come From? nationality or country of origin

Claims is most common in South Africa. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Claims? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Claims is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Claims reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Claims is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 26 people.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 1,152,717. In South Africa Claims is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Beside South Africa it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live.

Claims Last Name Statistics demography

Claims earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.61% less than the national average, earning R 153,024 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Clams9110/
Clims910/
Klaims832/
Clains831/
Clyams830/
Cellams772/
Clems73118/
Clans7339/
Klims7329/
Klams739/
Clyms730/
Cilliams713/
Classins711/
Clausins710/
Kliems6735/
Cliens6727/
Kleims6714/
Klimse6711/
Clanse678/
Clemns674/
Claens673/
Cleins672/
Klains672/
Kliams671/
Clem's671/
Claissens671/
Clasns671/
Cuilliams671/
Klimsz671/
Kleams671/
Klamse670/
Climce670/
Cloins670/
Klimsh670/
Clemms670/
Cleans670/
Clyans670/

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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 Claims
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis