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    The surname Klausner

    A surname, carried by 870 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K425

    Klausner: #27,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Klausner #27,646, 870 people Klausner: #27,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Klausner #27,646, 870 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klausner is more common than 83% of them.

    Origin

    From German Klausner (“hermit, someone living in a secluded place”), derived from Klause (“hermitage”), ultimately from Latin clausus (“closed”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 870 people named Klausner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 354,880 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 878.

    #27,646
    rank among US surnames
    870
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #26,191)

    Who is named Klausner

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

    96% of people named Klausner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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 Klausner

    Klausner has the Soundex code K425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K425.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Klausner come from?
    From German Klausner (“hermit, someone living in a secluded place”), derived from Klause (“hermitage”), ultimately from Latin clausus (“closed”).
    How common is the surname Klausner?
    870 people in the United States had the surname Klausner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 354,880 Americans. It ranked 27,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Klausner?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Klausner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Klausner getting more or less common?
    Less common. 878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 870 in 2010, down 0.9%.