Claims Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Claims Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Claims (26) may also be a first name.
Claims Demographics
Average Claims Salary in
South Africa
R 153,024
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Claims Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Claims Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Claims is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Claims? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,808,717th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Claims are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Claims is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 26 people.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,152,717. In South Africa Claims is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also common 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clams | 91 | 10 | / |
| Clims | 91 | 0 | / |
| Klaims | 83 | 2 | / |
| Clains | 83 | 1 | / |
| Clyams | 83 | 0 | / |
| Cellams | 77 | 2 | / |
| Clems | 73 | 118 | / |
| Clans | 73 | 39 | / |
| Klims | 73 | 29 | / |
| Klams | 73 | 9 | / |
| Clyms | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cilliams | 71 | 3 | / |
| Classins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Clausins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kliems | 67 | 35 | / |
| Cliens | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kleims | 67 | 14 | / |
| Klimse | 67 | 11 | / |
| Clanse | 67 | 8 | / |
| Clemns | 67 | 4 | / |
| Claens | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cleins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Klains | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kliams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clem's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Claissens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clasns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuilliams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Klimsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kleams | 67 | 1 | / |
| Klamse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Climce | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cloins | 67 | 0 | / |
| Klimsh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clemms | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cleans | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clyans | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis