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The surname Kleman

A surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K455

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kleman is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,052 people named Kleman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is down 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,165.

#23,978
rank among US surnames
1,052
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-9.7%
change since 2000 (was #21,025)

Who is named Kleman

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

96% of people named Kleman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kleman

Kleman has the Soundex code K455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K455.

Questions

How common is the surname Kleman?
1,052 people in the United States had the surname Kleman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kleman?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kleman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kleman getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, down 9.7%.