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    The surname Claassen

    A surname, carried by 1,406 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C425

    Claassen: #19,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Claassen #19,275, 1,406 people Claassen: #19,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Claassen #19,275, 1,406 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claassen is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,406 people named Claassen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,591 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,284.

    #19,275
    rank among US surnames
    1,406
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,470)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,266Kindt1,407219,435
    #19,275Hanus1,406219,591
    #19,282Lovitt1,405219,748

    Who is named Claassen

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Claassen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Claassen

    Claassen has the Soundex code C425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C425.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Claassen?
    1,406 people in the United States had the surname Claassen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,591 Americans. It ranked 19,275th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Claassen?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Claassen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Claassen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,406 in 2010, up 9.5%.