Last Name CLAUSS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Dutch

Rank	14,813 (2000 US census)	21,671 (1990 US census)

Count	1,837 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

97.17%, or 1785 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.27%, or 5 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.27%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.93%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.87%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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Belarus middle names

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