Klassen Surname
Approximately 40,610 people bear this surname
Klassen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 17,739 | 1:2,077 | 226 |
| Germany | 8,056 | 1:9,993 | 1,254 |
| United States | 5,026 | 1:72,117 | 8,340 |
| Russia | 2,698 | 1:53,418 | 7,004 |
| Mexico | 1,865 | 1:66,556 | 3,044 |
| South Africa | 1,796 | 1:30,166 | 3,884 |
| Paraguay | 980 | 1:7,384 | 496 |
| Brazil | 631 | 1:339,262 | 13,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 369 | 1:47,920 | 6,176 |
| Bolivia | 361 | 1:29,408 | 2,024 |
| Ukraine | 146 | 1:311,799 | 39,484 |
| Australia | 97 | 1:278,306 | 24,956 |
| Belize | 91 | 1:3,906 | 739 |
| Belgium | 90 | 1:127,740 | 18,560 |
| France | 66 | 1:1,006,405 | 112,047 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Netherlands | 54 | 1:312,725 | 36,782 |
| Poland | 50 | 1:760,175 | 61,940 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Thailand | 36 | 1:1,962,176 | 235,280 |
| Namibia | 36 | 1:66,928 | 7,260 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1:513,307 | 36,405 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Moldova | 11 | 1:323,761 | 25,884 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 170 | 1:295,404 | 23,539 |
Klassen (27) may also be a first name.
Klassen Demographics
Klassen Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Klassen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klassen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Klassen (Russian: Классен) is found most frequently in Canada. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klassen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 13,742nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 179,452 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Klassen reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 27 people.
Klassen is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 17,739 people, or 1 in 2,077. In Canada it is mostly found in: Manitoba, where 32 percent live, British Columbia, where 21 percent live and Alberta, where 18 percent live. Not including Canada this last name occurs in 72 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.
Klassen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Klassen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Klassen surname expanded 2,956 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Klassen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (60%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Klassen surname are 23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.77% being registered with the party.
The amount Klassen earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 8.87% more than the national average, earning R 258,720 per year; in United States they earn 5.06% more than the national average, earning $45,332 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.5% less than the national average, earning $45,959 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klassen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klassen in the Russian language | ||
| Классен | klassen | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Klassen
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