Classen is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Classen
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Classen

How popular is Classen?

Classen is common in United States.

Classen is ranked 36175 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Classen bearers increased by 2.647218 per cent in 2010 US census to 1900 since 2000, the surname slipped by 703 spots and ranked at 15418. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.47 89.41
Hispanic or Latino 9.95 8.16
Others 1.63 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.49
Black 0.74 0.43
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0.49
Classen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 13679 people have been found who wears Classen as their family name. Classen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
2,754 Namibia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
10,284 Kuwait2
19,046 Ireland2
18,625 Japan2
37,493 Austria1
25,721 Egypt1
25,746 Finland1
1,253 Burundi1
6,688 Malawi1
5,467 Haiti1
49,529 Israel1
16,640 Hong Kong1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
58,885 Poland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
21,562 Portugal1
153,416 Italy1
77,122 Sweden1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
1,985 Luxembourg33
18,889 New Zealand26
83,233 Spain16
55,829 Zimbabwe16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,610 Switzerland99
28,444 Australia82
10,614 Denmark54
Countries with hundreds of Classen:
9,535 Canada419
15,141 Argentina358
15,632 Netherlands177
33,856 England129
69,781 Brazil127
15,958 Belgium111
84,907 France110
2,121 Puerto Rico109
Countries with thousands of Classen:
1,323 South Africa5,041
1,879 Germany4,304
14,257 United States2,391
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Classen worked as farmer while Mary Classen was Farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 27 years old Mary embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ticonderoga and arrived on August 6, 1850.

Comments

C
Chaya Romito
 Classen is a derivative Flemish surname claes in the genitive, marking the descent that is a-direfils of claes -claes forms with apheresis niklaas, equivalent to Nicolas, baptismal name.

Classen Namesakes

  • Edmond Classen, Actor
  • Constance Classen, Author
  • Edmond Classen, Actor
  • Edmond Classen, Actor
  • Kiki Classen, Actor
  • Kiki Classen, Actress
  • Sabina Classen, Singer
  • Sabina Classen, Singer
  • Greg Classen, Ice hockey player
  • Maja Classen, Film director

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