# Klim (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/klim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 717 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,169 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 430,607 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.6% (744 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Polish and Lower Sorbian surname, from the personal name Kliment, from Latin Clemens. Compare Clement. * As a German surname, from Klemme (“to press, clamp”) and klimmen (“to climb”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Klim in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Klim in Poland.

## People named Klim

- Michael Klim, Australian swimmer

## Similar surnames

Klemm, Klem, Klima, Kelm, Killam, Klein, Kline, Killian, Kellum, Killion, Kellam, Killen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.