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    The surname Klem

    A surname, carried by 2,365 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K450

    Klem: #12,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Klem #12,981, 2,365 people Klem: #12,981 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Klem #12,981, 2,365 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klem is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,365 people named Klem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,548 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,000.

    #12,981
    rank among US surnames
    2,365
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,855)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,978Cron2,366130,493
    #12,981Moor2,365130,548
    #12,986Golub2,364130,603

    Who is named Klem

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

    90% of people named Klem identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Klem

    Klem has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Klem?
    2,365 people in the United States had the surname Klem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,548 Americans. It ranked 12,981st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Klem?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Klem identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Klem getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,365 in 2010, up 18%.