# Kleine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kleine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,450 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,858 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 212,928 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (1,459 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kleine in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kleine in the United States.

## People named Kleine

- Joe Kleine, American basketball player (born 1962)
- Megan Kleine, American swimmer

## Similar surnames

Klein, Kline, Killen, Killeen, Kaelin, Kalin, Keelin, Klem, Klemme, Killian, Kellum, Killion.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.