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The surname Kliewer

A German surname, carried by 1,640 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K460

Kliewer: #17,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kliewer #17,268, 1,640 people Kliewer: #17,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kliewer #17,268, 1,640 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kliewer is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kliewer.

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 1,640 people named Kliewer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,259 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,606.

#17,268
rank among US surnames
1,640
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+2.1%
change since 2000 (was #16,480)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,268Houchens1,640188,259
#17,274Dorey1,639188,374

Who is named Kliewer

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

96% of people named Kliewer 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%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kliewer

Kliewer has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kliewer come from?
Borrowed from German Kliewer.
How common is the surname Kliewer?
1,640 people in the United States had the surname Kliewer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,259 Americans. It ranked 17,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kliewer?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kliewer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kliewer getting more or less common?
More common. 1,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,640 in 2010, up 2.1%.