Klars Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Klars Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Klärs (8) are calculated separately.
Klars (17) may also be a first name.
Klars Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klars Come From? nationality or country of origin
Klars (Russian: Кларс) is most common in Sweden. It may also be rendered as a variant: Klärs. Click here for other potential spellings of Klars.
How Common Is The Last Name Klars? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Klars live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in Scandinavia. Klars is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name globally It is held by 17 people.
The last name Klars is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,641,126. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Sweden this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Finland, where 9 percent reside.
Klars Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Klars has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Klars last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klärs | 93 | 8 | / |
| Klaers | 91 | 382 | / |
| Klarås | 91 | 11 | / |
| Klarsø | 91 | 4 | / |
| Klairs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Klarse | 91 | 0 | / |
| Klears | 91 | 0 | / |
| Klarsch | 83 | 39 | / |
| Killars | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kellars | 83 | 1 | / |
| Klörs | 80 | 36 | / |
| Klors | 80 | 11 | / |
| Clars | 80 | 7 | / |
| Klers | 80 | 4 | / |
| Killaars | 77 | 325 | / |
| Klaersch | 77 | 4 | / |
| Klarsova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Clears | 73 | 223 | / |
| Clairs | 73 | 32 | / |
| Kloers | 73 | 14 | / |
| Klarch | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kleers | 73 | 5 | / |
| Clarïs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kellers | 67 | 928 | / |
| Kloerss | 67 | 17 | / |
| Cellars | 67 | 13 | / |
| Klärsch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Klersch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Clairss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cuellars | 62 | 5 | / |
| Clörs | 60 | 22 | / |
| Clors | 60 | 0 | / |
| Kellersch | 57 | 61 | / |
| Clarch | 55 | 10 | / |
| Clarce | 55 | 2 | / |
| Kloerß | 55 | 1 | / |
| Clours | 55 | 0 | / |
| Quellharst | 53 | 1 | / |
| Quillharst | 53 | 0 | / |
| Cellors | 50 | 0 | / |
Klars Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klars in the Russian language | ||
| Кларс | klars | - |
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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
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- 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 Klars
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