Klaar
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/klaaːɐ̯/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Klaar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.
- SESweden1 in 28K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 65K
- NLNetherlands1 in 247K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sweden (measured from records)
- Sources
- 21 (measured from records)
- 1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)
369 people
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klaar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | 369 | 1 in 28K | 369 | Klaar | 2 |
| FI Finland | 86 | 1 in 65K | 86 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | 71 | 1 in 3M | 71 | Klaar | 21 |
| NL Netherlands | 70 | 1 in 247K | 70 | — | 2 |
| NO Norway | 14 | 1 in 391K | 14 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | 12 | 1 in 700K | 12 | — | — |
369 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Klaar is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, ready
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
In jvd, done; clear; finished
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Afrikaans, ready, prepared
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfred Klaarb. 1848CZAustrian writer (1848–1927)
- Ernst Klaarb. 1861DEGerman writer (1861-1920)
- Adalbert Klaarb. 1900ATAustrian architect and historic preservation (1900-1981)
- Marianne Klaarb. 1905DEGerman translator and collector of Greek folk songs and fairy tales (1905-1994)
- Jaan-Reinhold Klaarb. 1911EEEstonian microbiologist and food scientist (1911–1983)
- Halja Klaarb. 1930EEEstonian film artist (1930-2021)
- Liis Klaarb. 1938EEEstonian politician (born 1938)
- Helene Klaarb. 1948ATAustrian lawyer
- Norbert Klaarb. 1954DEGerman sport shooter
- Heli Tiirmaa-Klaarb. 1971EEEstonian diplomat (born 1971)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 369 | #2,458 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 86 | #14,343 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 71 | #81,629 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 70 | #24,694 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 30 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 14 | #50,436 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 12 | #53,184 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Klaar?
- A machine transcription gives /klaaːɐ̯/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Klaar have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 369 people named Klaar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled klaar.
- Where is Klaar most common?
- Klaar is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 28 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Klaar?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 369 people named Klaar, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Klaar?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/klaarThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Klaar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.