Klever Surname
Approximately 3,353 people bear this surname
Klever Surname User-submission:
(German) A toponymic surname. Either derived from the prepositional alias zum Cleve, used regionally in the early modern period, or directly from the demonymic adjective Clever or Klever. Both denote a person with origins in the city of Kleve, Germany.
Read More About This SurnameKlever Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,441 | 1:55,868 | 7,233 |
| United States | 625 | 1:579,934 | 47,474 |
| Russia | 372 | 1:387,428 | 37,653 |
| Netherlands | 358 | 1:47,171 | 8,058 |
| Norway | 152 | 1:33,831 | 4,756 |
| Colombia | 106 | 1:450,699 | 6,715 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Austria | 39 | 1:218,344 | 26,757 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Belarus | 24 | 1:395,877 | 40,412 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 1:1,607,500 | 79,317 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89 | 1:564,255 | 38,527 |
Klever (2,542) may also be a first name.
Klever Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
(German) A toponymic surname. Either derived from the prepositional alias zum Cleve, used regionally in the early modern period, or directly from the demonymic adjective Clever or Klever. Both denote a person with origins in the city of Kleve, Germany.
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Klever Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Klever Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klever Come From? nationality or country of origin
Klever (Russian: Клевер) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klever? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 134,298th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,173,440 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Klever are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 146,221st most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 2,542 people.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,441 people, or 1 in 55,868. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live. Other than Germany Klever occurs in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.
Klever Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Klever has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Klever surname expanded 702 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Klever Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Klever last name is predominantly Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Klever surname are 18.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.94% being registered with the party.
The amount Klever earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 2.84% less than the national average, earning 336,256 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 6.47% less than the national average, earning $21,234,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 4.26% less than the national average, earning $41,310 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klever Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klever in the Russian language | ||
| Клевер | klever | - |
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