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The one I see most often is between Nobles and Commoners. The most egregious examples will even have the commoner (or in some cases, lesser noble) getting ostracized even as they perform deeds of amazing skill. Despite their obvious talents, people will still dismiss them as a lowly commoner, filthy peasant, "Backwater Barons" or "Country Bumpkin". It happens so often it loses meaning.
Worse is when status is used as a writing shortcut. If it's the MC with poor status, then you want to support him. If it's the Villain with too much status, then you want to despise him. It's often used as a lazy writing crutch.
However that doesn't mean status can't be done well. Trapped in a Dating Sim I think did this pretty well, with Leon getting recognition for his achievements and gaining status, much to his chagrin. The Villainess is a SS+ Rank Adventurer also parodies the usual status tropes in its humor. And of course, Ascendence of a Bookworm uses status as a major plot device while diving deep into its society's machinations.
Yes, nobles/commoners is the other easy answer. Too often nobles are depicted as seeing no worth in commoners at all. I prefer the Bookworm/Wild Game approach where they want commoners to obey blindly but are ultimately aware that they are dependent on their commoners.