How common is the surname Klar?

1,641 people in the United States had the surname Klar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klar?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Klar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Klar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Klar

A surname, carried by 1,641 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klar is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

* As a German and Jewish surname, from klar (“pure, clear”). Also from Klara, German variant of Clara. * Also as a German surname, from a derivative of Latin Hilarius (English Hillary).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,641 people named Klar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,175.

#17,258

rank among US surnames

1,641

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+39.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,887)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,249	Makela	1,642	188,030
#17,258	Elders	1,641	188,145

Who is named Klar

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

89% of people named Klar identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%

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 Klar

Klar has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

Questions

Where does the surname Klar come from?: * As a German and Jewish surname, from klar (“pure, clear”). Also from Klara, German variant of Clara. * Also as a German surname, from a derivative of Latin Hilarius (English Hillary).
How common is the surname Klar?: 1,641 people in the United States had the surname Klar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klar?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Klar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Klar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 40%.