Klar Surname
Approximately 10,456 people bear this surname
Klar Surname User-submission:
German: meaning 'clear' or 'beautiful'. Also found in Ashkenazi Judaism and Sweden, probably taken from Germany.
Klar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,945 | 1:13,542 | 1,762 |
| United States | 1,867 | 1:194,140 | 19,164 |
| Poland | 583 | 1:65,195 | 10,241 |
| Sweden | 396 | 1:24,866 | 2,020 |
| Australia | 263 | 1:102,645 | 11,557 |
| Austria | 185 | 1:46,029 | 7,363 |
| Canada | 165 | 1:223,307 | 21,472 |
| Israel | 143 | 1:59,844 | 7,631 |
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| Argentina | 80 | 1:534,293 | 38,967 |
| Slovenia | 67 | 1:37,129 | 7,003 |
| Czechia | 58 | 1:183,336 | 27,089 |
| Switzerland | 58 | 1:141,602 | 13,683 |
| Liberia | 53 | 1:83,180 | 6,894 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Serbia | 22 | 1:324,770 | 15,940 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 124 | 1:404,989 | 29,999 |
The alternate forms: Klár (229) are calculated separately.
Klar (226) may also be a first name.
Klar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
German: meaning 'clear' or 'beautiful'. Also found in Ashkenazi Judaism and Sweden, probably taken from Germany.
- apost1Klar Demographics
Average Male Klar Height
177.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Klar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Klar (Georgian: კლარ, Oriya: କାର, Russian: Клар) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Klár. Click here for further potential spellings of Klar.
How Common Is The Last Name Klar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Klar is the 49,240th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 696,973 people. The last name Klar occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Klar are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 598,137th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 226 people.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 5,945 people, or 1 in 13,542. In Germany Klar is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found, Bavaria, where 12 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 65 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Poland, where 6 percent are found.
Klar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Klar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Klar surname expanded 1,506 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Klar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Klar last name are 3.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.9% registered with the party.
The amount Klar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.37% less than the national average, earning 244,444 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 91.37% more than the national average, earning R 454,776 per year; in United States they earn 8.8% more than the national average, earning $46,945 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.21% more than the national average, earning $60,718 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klar in the Georgian language | ||
| კლარ | klar | - |
| Klar in the Oriya language | ||
| କାର | kara | - |
| Klar in the Russian language | ||
| Клар | klar | - |
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