Klas Surname
Approximately 4,147 people bear this surname
Klas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,245 | 1:64,663 | 8,300 |
| United States | 532 | 1:681,314 | 54,178 |
| Poland | 429 | 1:88,598 | 13,684 |
| Russia | 416 | 1:346,450 | 34,439 |
| Czechia | 326 | 1:32,618 | 5,301 |
| Brazil | 153 | 1:1,399,179 | 47,255 |
| Suriname | 134 | 1:4,124 | 860 |
| Belarus | 128 | 1:74,227 | 12,018 |
| Slovakia | 116 | 1:46,004 | 8,763 |
| Argentina | 96 | 1:445,244 | 33,533 |
| Austria | 89 | 1:95,679 | 13,940 |
| South Africa | 83 | 1:652,743 | 48,091 |
| Kazakhstan | 64 | 1:276,289 | 23,675 |
| Netherlands | 56 | 1:301,557 | 35,980 |
| Transnistria | 39 | 1:12,172 | 2,377 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Moldova | 13 | 1:273,951 | 23,172 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89 | 1:564,255 | 38,527 |
The alternate forms: Klaś (214) are calculated separately.
Klas (15,092) may also be a first name.
Klas Demographics
Klas Political Affiliation
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Klas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Klas (Georgian: კლას, Hindi: क्लास, Oriya: କାସ, Russian: Клас) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Klaś. For other possible spellings of Klas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 111,864th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,757,306 people. The last name Klas occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Klas reside; 34 percent reside in Western Europe and 34 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Klas is also the 46,188th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 15,092 people.
Klas is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,245 people, or 1 in 64,663. In Germany it is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 25 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Bavaria, where 18 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Poland, where 10 percent reside.
Klas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Klas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Klas last name expanded 598 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Klas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Klas last name is chiefly Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Klas surname are 17.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Klas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.93% less than the national average, earning R 80,952 per year; in United States they earn 22.53% more than the national average, earning $52,869 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.51% more than the national average, earning $74,279 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klas in the Georgian language | ||
| კლას | klas | - |
| Klas in the Hindi language | ||
| क्लास | klasa | - |
| Klas in the Oriya language | ||
| କାସ | kasa | - |
| Klas in the Russian language | ||
| Клас | klas | - |
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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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- 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 Klas
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