The Claeys surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,344 people carried this name — #18,827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 9,284 people named Claeys live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 802 people named Claeys.
89 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Claeys.
- Ciucci 284 · U.S. census
- Civil 594 · U.S. census
- Clady 284 · U.S. census
- Claerhout 159 · U.S. census
- Claes 263 · U.S. census
- Claessens 143 · U.S. census
- Clain 178 · U.S. census
- Clair 4,520 · U.S. census
- Claire 1,099 · U.S. census
- Clar 365 · U.S. census
- Clara 1,045 · U.S. census
- Clare 4,189 · U.S. census
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