How common is the surname Klimas?

1,032 people in the United States had the surname Klimas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klimas?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Klimas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Klimas getting more or less common?

More common. 1,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Klimas

A Lithuanian surname, carried by 1,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klimas is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Lithuanian origin

Borrowed from Lithuanian or Polish Klimas.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,032 people named Klimas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,004.

#24,305

rank among US surnames

1,032

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,568)

Who is named Klimas

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

94% of people named Klimas identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 0.8%

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 Klimas

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

Questions

Where does the surname Klimas come from?: Borrowed from Lithuanian or Polish Klimas.
How common is the surname Klimas?: 1,032 people in the United States had the surname Klimas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klimas?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Klimas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Klimas getting more or less common?: More common. 1,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 2.8%.