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    The surname Kleist

    A surname, carried by 1,532 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K423

    Kleist: #18,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kleist #18,166, 1,532 people Kleist: #18,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kleist #18,166, 1,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kleist is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,532 people named Kleist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,485.

    #18,166
    rank among US surnames
    1,532
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,494)

    Who is named Kleist

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

    96% of people named Kleist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kleist?
    1,532 people in the United States had the surname Kleist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kleist?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kleist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kleist getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, up 3.2%.