How common is the surname Klee?

2,440 people in the United States had the surname Klee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,535 Americans. It ranked 12,667th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klee?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Klee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Klee?

Victor Klee, American mathematician (1925–2007), followed by Ken Klee.

Where is the surname Klee most common?

Wikidata records people named Klee in the United States.

Is the surname Klee getting more or less common?

More common. 2,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,440 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Klee

A surname, carried by 2,440 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klee is more common than 92.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,440 people named Klee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,535 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,391.

#12,667

rank among US surnames

2,440

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #11,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,659	Rayfield	2,443	126,380
#12,661	Basquez	2,442	126,431
#12,662	Horrell	2,441	126,483
#12,667	Klee	2,440	126,535
#12,670	Gilland	2,439	126,587
#12,676	Villasana	2,438	126,639

Who is named Klee

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Klee identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Klees

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Victor Klee
American mathematician (1925–2007)
Ken Klee
American ice hockey player, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klee

Klee has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

Questions

How common is the surname Klee?: 2,440 people in the United States had the surname Klee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,535 Americans. It ranked 12,667th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klee?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Klee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Klee?: Victor Klee, American mathematician (1925–2007), followed by Ken Klee.
Where is the surname Klee most common?: Wikidata records people named Klee in the United States.
Is the surname Klee getting more or less common?: More common. 2,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,440 in 2010, up 2.0%.