How common is the surname Klenk?

1,079 people in the United States had the surname Klenk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klenk?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klenk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Klenk getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Klenk

A surname, carried by 1,079 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klenk is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,079 people named Klenk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,227.

#23,532

rank among US surnames

1,079

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-12.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,191)

Who is named Klenk

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

95% of people named Klenk identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klenk

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

Questions

How common is the surname Klenk?: 1,079 people in the United States had the surname Klenk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klenk?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klenk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Klenk getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, down 12%.