Claußen Surname
Approximately 3,966 people bear this surname
Claußen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,965 | 1:20,304 | 2,694 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Clauen (23) are calculated separately.
Claußen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Claußen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Claußen is found most frequently in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Clauen. For other possible spellings of Claußen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Claußen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 116,274th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,837,505 people. Claußen is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Claußen are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Claußen is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 3,965 people, or 1 in 20,304. In Germany Claußen is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 52 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent are found and Hamburg, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Claußen
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