Klaßen Surname
Approximately 1,408 people bear this surname
Klaßen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,407 | 1:57,218 | 7,402 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Klaßen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klaßen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Klaßen occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klaßen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 275,596th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,175,814 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Klaßen are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Klaßen is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 1,407 people, or 1 in 57,218. In Germany Klaßen is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Klaßen
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