# Klass (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,710 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,728 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 180,553 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,498 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Klass.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Klass 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Klass in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Klass

- Alisha Klass, American pornographic actress
- David Klass, American writer (born 1960)
- Craig Klass, American water polo player
- Günter Klass, Auto racer
- William Tenn, British-American science fiction author (1920–2010)

## Similar surnames

Klaus, Kloss, Klos, Kulas, Klaas, Kowalski, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kelso, Klug, Kyles, Kallas.

## 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.