How common is the surname Classen?

1,900 people in the United States had the surname Classen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Classen?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Classen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Classen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Classen

A Dutch patronymic surname, carried by 1,900 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Classen is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Patronymic surname, from the Dutch personal name Claas.

Classen is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,900 people named Classen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,851.

#15,418

rank among US surnames

1,900

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,715)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,409	McQueary	1,901	162,412
#15,418	McSherry	1,900	162,498

Who is named Classen

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

86% of people named Classen identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Classen

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Classen come from?: Patronymic surname, from the Dutch personal name Claas.
How common is the surname Classen?: 1,900 people in the United States had the surname Classen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,498 Americans. It ranked 15,418th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Classen?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Classen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Classen?: Classen is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Classen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,900 in 2010, up 2.6%.