# Claeys (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/claeys/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,398 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,348 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 220,848 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (1,344 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Claeys in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Claeys in Belgium.

## People named Claeys

- Dimitri Claeys, Belgian road cyclist
- Kevin Claeys, Belgian bicycle racer
- Geoffrey Claeys, Belgian footballer
- Philip Claeys, Belgian politician

## Similar surnames

Coles, Claus, Calles, Class, Cales, Clauss, Colas, Clause, Claes, Clukey, Clewis, Collazo.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.
