The Claus Family Name

A Claus ancestor may well appear as Klaus in earlier records. Read literally, Claus points to “A descendant of Klaus, a short form of Nikolaus”. Claus writes “c” in place of the “k” found in Klaus, a common scribal difference.

Spanish register data show 198 residents carrying Claus as first surname, and 174 as second surname. 1,812 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Claus name at birth. There were 88 such births in the 1890s and 168 in the 1990s.

Arms linked to Klaus and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Claus family name pack.