Klass: Surname History and Family Crest

Families named Klass share a Dutch surname with a long history. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “descendant of Nicolaas (people's victory)”. Like many surnames, it grew out of a personal name. The name also appears as Klaas.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Klass with 1,710 bearers, at rank 16,728. Klass sounds close to Kloss, Klaus and Glass, so it can help to search both.

If a Klass family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. Get the complete Klass report, with a museum-style coat of arms.