Klemens Surname

117,777th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Namibia

Klemens Surname User-submission:

Derives from the Roman (Latin) "Clemens" meaning "merciful".

Klemens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,7581:45,7946,006
Poland8181:46,4657,327
United States7391:490,47241,410
Namibia1551:15,5452,826
Czechia681:156,37524,047
Indonesia461:2,874,982163,265
Canada451:818,79163,991
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Hungary281:350,58125,143
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Austria201:425,77243,235
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
England51:11,143,612252,590
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
France31:22,140,907385,998
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Klemens (22,039) may also be a first name.

Klemens Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Derives from the Roman (Latin) "Clemens" meaning "merciful".

- happyklem

Klemens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Klemens (Marathi: मेन्स, Russian: Клеменс) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klemens? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 117,777th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,865,254 people. Klemens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Klemens live; 47 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. Klemens is also the 35,159th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 22,039 people.

The surname Klemens is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,758 people, or 1 in 45,794. In Germany Klemens is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 19 percent are found and Bavaria, where 15 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.

Klemens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Klemens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Klemens surname increased 2,111 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Klemens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Klemens surname are 14.41% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.18% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Klemens earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.63% more than the national average, earning $43,853 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.75% more than the national average, earning $57,011 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Klemens Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Klemens in the Marathi language
मेन्सmensa-
Klemens in the Russian language
Клеменсklemens-

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