How common is the surname Kleiman?

3,009 people in the United States had the surname Kleiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. It ranked 10,638th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kleiman?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kleiman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kleiman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,009 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Kleiman

A surname, carried by 3,009 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kleiman is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,009 people named Kleiman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,264.

#10,638

rank among US surnames

3,009

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+32.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,553)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,631	Kula	3,012	102,505
#10,636	Schermerhorn	3,011	102,539
#10,638	Pearlman	3,009	102,607
#10,641	Toups	3,008	102,641
#10,644	Mattes	3,007	102,676
#10,645	Rosso	3,006	102,710
#10,647	Kan	3,005	102,744

Who is named Kleiman

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

92% of people named Kleiman identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kleiman

Kleiman has the Soundex code K455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K455.

Questions

How common is the surname Kleiman?: 3,009 people in the United States had the surname Kleiman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. It ranked 10,638th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kleiman?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kleiman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kleiman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,009 in 2010, up 33%.