How common is the surname Klass?

1,710 people in the United States had the surname Klass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Klass?

Alisha Klass, American pornographic actress, followed by David Klass.

Where is the surname Klass most common?

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

Is the surname Klass getting more or less common?

More common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Klass

A German surname, carried by 1,710 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klass is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Klass.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,710 people named Klass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,498.

#16,728

rank among US surnames

1,710

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+14.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,720	Deeb	1,711	180,447
#16,728	Rivenbark	1,710	180,553
#16,734	Forbush	1,709	180,659

Who is named Klass

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

89% of people named Klass identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Klasss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alisha Klass
American pornographic actress, born 1972
David Klass
American writer (born 1960)
Craig Klass
American water polo player, born 1965
Günter Klass
Auto racer, 1936–1967
William Tenn
British-American science fiction author (1920–2010)

Notable Klasss come mostly from the United States (3), Germany (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klass

Klass has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Klass come from?: Borrowed from German Klass.
How common is the surname Klass?: 1,710 people in the United States had the surname Klass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,553 Americans. It ranked 16,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klass?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Klass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Klass?: Alisha Klass, American pornographic actress, followed by David Klass.
Where is the surname Klass most common?: Wikidata records people named Klass in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Klass getting more or less common?: More common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,710 in 2010, up 14%.