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    The surname Claeys

    A surname, carried by 1,398 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C420

    Claeys: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Claeys #19,348, 1,398 people Claeys: #19,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Claeys #19,348, 1,398 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Claeys is more common than 88.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,398 people named Claeys in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,344.

    #19,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,398
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,827)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,341Knapik1,399220,690
    #19,348Casarrubias1,398220,848

    Who is named Claeys

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

    95% of people named Claeys identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Claeyss

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dimitri Claeys
      Belgian road cyclist, born 1987
    • Kevin Claeys
      Belgian bicycle racer, born 1988
    • Geoffrey Claeys
      Belgian footballer, born 1974
    • Philip Claeys
      Belgian politician, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Claeys

    Claeys has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Claeys?
    1,398 people in the United States had the surname Claeys in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,848 Americans. It ranked 19,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Claeys?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Claeys identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Claeys?
    Dimitri Claeys, Belgian road cyclist, followed by Kevin Claeys.
    Where is the surname Claeys most common?
    Wikidata records people named Claeys in Belgium.
    Is the surname Claeys getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,398 in 2010, up 4.0%.