# Kleinschmidt (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,863 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,086 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 107,840 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.8% (2,916 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Possibly from German klein (small) + Bavarian schmidt (smith).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kleinschmidt 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Klingensmith, Kleinsmith, Klinger, Keeling, Kling, Killingsworth, Klink, Kalinowski, Klingler, Klimek, Kelling, Killinger.

## 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.