The surname Kleinschmidt
A German occupational surname, carried by 2,863 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K452
Origin
German origin
Possibly from German klein (small) + Bavarian schmidt (smith).
Kleinschmidt is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,863 people named Kleinschmidt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,916.
Who is named Kleinschmidt
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Kleinschmidt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kleinschmidt
Kleinschmidt has the Soundex code K452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K452.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kleinschmidt come from?
- Possibly from German klein (small) + Bavarian schmidt (smith).
- How common is the surname Kleinschmidt?
- 2,863 people in the United States had the surname Kleinschmidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. It ranked 11,086th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kleinschmidt?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kleinschmidt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Kleinschmidt?
- Kleinschmidt is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Kleinschmidt getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,863 in 2010, down 1.8%.