Klebs Surname

481,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Klebs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klebs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3461:232,67525,787
United States2931:1,237,06187,515
Poland391:974,58370,126
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Klebs (36) may also be a first name.

Klebs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Klebs occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klebs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Klebs is the 481,560th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,531,136 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Klebs live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 36 people.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 232,675. In Germany Klebs is mostly concentrated in: Berlin, where 22 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent reside. Besides Germany Klebs occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 42 percent reside and Poland, where 6 percent reside.

Klebs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Klebs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Klebs surname expanded 977 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Klebs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Klebs last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Klebs earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.22% less than the national average, earning $37,446 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kliebs91172/
Kleibs9138/
Klejbs9110/
Klhebs912/
Klbs894/
Klebsch83171/
Kleps80484/
Külbs80113/
Klibs8016/
Clebs801/
Klobs801/
Klabs801/
Kilbs800/
Kelbs800/
Kliebsch7724/
Klaebsch779/
Klebsová773/
Kleibsch770/
Kuelbs73308/
Klepps73121/
Klejps7371/
Klevås7326/
Kleips7320/
Klepsh7318/
Klepsz739/
Kleyps736/
Cleobs731/
Clebsh731/
Kloeps731/
Koelbs730/
Klepsch67865/
Clebsch67110/
Kläbsch6717/
Klebche6712/
Klobsch677/
Klvs671/
Killobs671/
Klibsch671/
Kelbsch671/
Kelleps670/

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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 Klebs
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