How common is the surname Kleinsmith?

664 people in the United States had the surname Kleinsmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. It ranked 34,185th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kleinsmith?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kleinsmith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kleinsmith getting more or less common?

More common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 664 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Kleinsmith

A German surname, carried by 664 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kleinsmith is more common than 78.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Part-translation of German Kleinschmidt. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.

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 664 people named Kleinsmith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 658.

#34,185

rank among US surnames

664

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #32,856)

Who is named Kleinsmith

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

95% of people named Kleinsmith identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Kleinsmith

Kleinsmith has the Soundex code K452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K452.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kleinsmith come from?: Part-translation of German Kleinschmidt. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.
How common is the surname Kleinsmith?: 664 people in the United States had the surname Kleinsmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. It ranked 34,185th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kleinsmith?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kleinsmith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kleinsmith getting more or less common?: More common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 664 in 2010, up 0.9%.