Klas

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish

Origin and Meaning

Low German form of Klaus [1]

Related Names

     
Claes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Clas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Klaes ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Klas ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

7 July

Sweden Sweden

7 July

Further Information

Namesakes

Klas Kristersson Horn (1517-1566), Swedish admiral

Klas Pontus Arnoldson, 27 October 1844 – 20 February 1916, Swedish author, journalist, politician and Nobel laureate (Peace, 1908)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 2 7015 14284
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 0 45 153
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 28 n.a
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 n.a 1066
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][4][3][5]:Name statistics for Klas(m)


Sources: [2] [4] [3] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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