Surname Klas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Klas families are Croats (from Lepoglava ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma area and in Zagreb. In Žabnica in Cazma area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Klas.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Klas live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Lepoglava (<10), Zagreb (<10), Krizevci (<5), Slemenice (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klas (including: Klass , Klaas , Clas , Khlass , Klahs , Klash , Klasz , Klaass and Kllas ) is present in 131 countries worldwide. "Klass " is used by some 5000 people in Russian Federation , about 3000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Germany. "Klaas " is used by some 9000 people in South Africa , about 4000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Klahs " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Klas, Hrvoje Klas, Anka Klas, Mladen Klas, Zora Klas, Franjo Klas, Zrnka Klas, Vesna Klas, Mirjana Klas, Stjepan Klas, Damir Klas, Fahira Klas, Nino Klas, Terezija Klas, Zorica Klas, Justina Klas, Irma Klas, Ivan Klas, Valentin Klas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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