Klages
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Klages is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: from a pet form of the medieval personal name Klaus.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a pet form of the medieval personal name Klaus.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Klages 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 German, Patronym zu Nikolaus mit Aphärese und Synkope; zeigt g/gg-Variation in der Kurzform.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Aus Rufname Klaus/Nikolaus; ostfälische Schreibform mit g/gg. 1475 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In Norwegian Bokmål, passive form of klage
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)
- August Klagesb. 1871DEGerman chemist (1871-1957)
- Ludwig Klagesb. 1872DEGerman psychologist and philosopher (1872–1956)
- Raymond Klagesb. 1888USAmerican songwriter and lyricist (1888-1947)
- Helmut Klagesb. 1930DEGerman sociologist
- Ulrich Klagesb. 1938DEGerman physician and local historian
- Fred Klagesb. 1943USAmerican baseball player
- Ellen Klagesb. 1954USAmerican writer of speculative fiction
- Simone Klagesb. 1956DEGerman illustrator
- Matthias Klagesb. 1959DEGerman voice actor
- Rainer Klagesb. 1966DEresearcher
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 886 | #27,277 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 855 | #26,761 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 834 | #30,066 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 18 | #39,486 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 13 | #105,312 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 8 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 8 | #152,626 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #74,275 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #346,078 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2 | #72,353 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #165,034 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Klages mean, and where does it come from?
- from a pet form of the medieval personal name Klaus. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Klages have the most bearers?
- Klages is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Klages?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/klagesThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Klages”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.