Klär Surname

451,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 753 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Klär Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klär Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6951:115,83514,257
Austria471:181,17923,261
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Klär (23) may also be a first name.

Klär Last Name Facts

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

The last name Klär is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klär? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 451,199th most common surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,678,016 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Klär live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 23 people.

Klär is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 695 people, or 1 in 115,835. In Germany Klär is mostly concentrated in: Saarland, where 40 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 9 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 6 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klähr89125/
Klärr898/
Klähre801/
Kler752,487/
Klír75237/
Klir75219/
Klör75191/
Klér7534/
Kljr752/
Clär751/
Klier677,977/
Khler672,314/
Kleer671,609/
Klehr671,544/
Klair671,343/
Klaer67452/
Klear67377/
Kloer67326/
Klerr6748/
Kleir6742/
Klöhr6741/
Klisr6715/
Kloir6713/
Kleur6711/
Klere6711/
Klihr679/
Klior678/
Klayr673/
Klger672/
Klerz671/
Klère671/
Ckler671/
Kleyr671/
Gkler670/
Klher670/

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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 Klär
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