Klasens Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Klasens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klasens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4671:36,1616,081
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Latvia41:512,51230,386
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Klāsēns (1) are calculated separately.

Klasens Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Klasens Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Klasens is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Klāsēns. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Klasens? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 611,703rd most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Klasens live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Klasens is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 467 people, or 1 in 36,161. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Overijssel, where 24 percent are found, Drenthe, where 23 percent are found and Groningen, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Klasens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Klasens has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Klasens
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