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claassen Name Meaning and History

Dutch, North German, and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Klaas, a reduced form of Nik(o)laas (see Nicholas, Claus).

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Distribution of claassen Families in the US in 1920
Number of claassen families
 9-16
 4-8
 1-3
 0
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