Klassens Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Klassens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klassens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Klassens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Klassens is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klassens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,580,327th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Klassens are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Northern Cape, where 58 percent live, Western Cape, where 26 percent live and Gauteng, where 16 percent live. Other than South Africa Klassens is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Klassens Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Klassens earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 19.5% less than the national average, earning R 191,304 per year and in United States they earn 29.06% more than the national average, earning $55,688 USD per year.

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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 Klassens
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