How common is the surname Kling?

7,713 people in the United States had the surname Kling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,029 Americans. It ranked 4,598th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kling?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kling getting more or less common?

More common. 7,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,713 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Kling

A surname, carried by 7,713 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). Kling is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,713 people named Kling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,029 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,183.

#4,598

rank among US surnames

7,713

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,589	Bahr	7,731	39,936
#4,590	Bickford	7,728	39,952
#4,592	Kraemer	7,726	39,962
#4,593	Angell	7,725	39,967
#4,594	Mauro	7,722	39,983
#4,596	Goolsby	7,721	39,988
#4,597	Batten	7,716	40,014

Who is named Kling

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

93% of people named Kling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kling

Kling 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 Kling?: 7,713 people in the United States had the surname Kling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,029 Americans. It ranked 4,598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kling?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kling getting more or less common?: More common. 7,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,713 in 2010, up 7.4%.