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
Average Klas Salary in
United States
$52,869 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Klas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Klas (Georgian: კლას, Hindi: क्लास, Oriya: କାସ, Russian: Клас) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Klaś. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Klas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 111,864th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,757,306 people. The last name Klas is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Klas are found; 34 percent are found in Western Europe and 34 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 46,188th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 15,092 people.
It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,245 people, or 1 in 64,663. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 25 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent are found and Bavaria, where 18 percent are found. Not including Germany Klas is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Poland, where 10 percent are found.
Klas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Klas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 598 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Klas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Klas surname is predominantly Orthodox (70%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Klas last name are 17.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64% being registered to vote for the 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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- 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 Klas
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