Klausner Surname

119,844th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,832 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Klausner Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Klaus, in Germany; dweller near a sluice or floodgate; one who acted as rabbi of a conventicle.

Klausner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5281:237,21122,728
Austria1,3371:6,369767
Germany3981:202,27523,169
Israel2491:34,3684,805
Switzerland1161:70,8018,449
England341:1,638,76668,634
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Slovenia121:207,30615,422
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
France21:33,211,361423,184
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Klausner (39) may also be a first name.

Klausner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Klaus, in Germany; dweller near a sluice or floodgate; one who acted as rabbi of a conventicle.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Klausner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Klausner (Russian: Клауснер) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klausner? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 119,844th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,901,760 people. Klausner is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Klausner live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 39 people.

Klausner is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,528 people, or 1 in 237,211. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 17 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Colorado, where 10 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 35 percent are found and Germany, where 10 percent are found.

Klausner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Klausner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Klausner last name expanded 5,269 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Klausner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Klausner surname are 0.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.73% being registered with the political party.

The amount Klausner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 25.41% more than the national average, earning $54,112 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.67% more than the national average, earning $67,901 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Klausner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Klausner in the Russian language
Клауснерklausner-

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