Klasen is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Klasen
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Surname Klasen is a variant of Klass. Descendant of Nicolaas meaning "people's victory".

Family name Klasen is the variant form of the Class. Descendant of Clas, a pet form of Nicholas meaning "peopl, victory".

A form of Klaassen. Klaas zoon, Son of Nicholas. In 1606, vice-Admiral Renier Klaassen, of Amsterdam, being attacked by the Spanish admiral, Fiascardo, with eight heavy ships, who completely surrounded him, defended himself for two entire days, and until his ship was such a complete wreck that the pumps could no longer keep her afloat. He then called together the sixty survivors, nearly all of whom were wounded, and, telling them of his intention to blow up the ship, gave permission to all who desired to swim to the enemy. Not a man would leave him. They fell on their knees, and, after a short prayer, fired the magazine. Two were picked up alive, but expired in a few hours. .

How popular is Klasen?

Klasen is common in Germany, United States, Netherlands, France, South Africa, Brazil.

Klasen is ranked 74738 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Klasens plummeted by 3.25 per cent to 477 since 2000 and slipped by 3361 spots and ranked at 44957. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.81 96.75
Hispanic or Latino 1.47 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.05 0
Klasen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 6577 people have been found who wears Klasen as their family name. Klasen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Klasen:
2,395 Germany4,391
Countries with hundreds of Klasen:
37,036 United States845
5,068 Netherlands553
57,689 France170
32,234 South Africa154
55,998 Brazil125
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,170 Canada84
39,018 Australia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
175,411 Ukraine19
12,771 Estonia19
101,748 Poland18
36,405 Switzerland16
34,015 Norway14
347,183 Russia13
38,962 Mexico13
407,040 Thailand11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
82,403 Belgium10
8,089 Paraguay10
90,587 Sweden8
202,100 England7
555,748 Indonesia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Barbara Klasen hailed from Germany. 40 years old embarked for USA from Antwerp on J. Z. and arrived on August 6, 1852. Christoph Klasen (40), Peter Klasen (5), Anna Klasen (59) Farmer, 29 years old Engelhard Klasen, Jacob Klasen, aged 4, Marg. Klasen (31) Farmer, Peter Klasen, aged 58, Carl Klasen (56) Laborer, and 82 other Klasen around 31.91% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and daughter, merchant, servant migrated to US from Antwerp, London and Hamburg.

Klasen Namesakes

  • Arno Klasen, German racecar driver best

Klasen Namesakes

  • Arno Klasen, German racecar driver best

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