The Claas Family Name

The same name, two spellings: Claas and Class. Its meaning, shared with Class, is “A descendant of Clas, a pet form of Nicholas (people, victory)”.

Claas coat of arms

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How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Class was also written Claas. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Claas ranked 91,625 in the 2010 US Census, with 201 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 100,000 US surnames. Claas sounds close to Colas, so it can help to search both. Get the complete Claas report, with a museum-style coat of arms.