How common is the surname Klingensmith?

3,551 people in the United States had the surname Klingensmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. It ranked 9,186th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Klingensmith?

Kiana James, American professional wrestler.

Where is the surname Klingensmith most common?

Wikidata records people named Klingensmith in the United States.

Is the surname Klingensmith getting more or less common?

More common. 3,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,551 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Klingensmith

A surname, carried by 3,551 people in the United States.

3 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). Klingensmith is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,551 people named Klingensmith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,332.

#9,186

rank among US surnames

3,551

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,019)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,177	Hearne	3,554	86,873
#9,181	Tasker	3,553	86,897
#9,184	Liberty	3,552	86,922
#9,186	Scalise	3,551	86,946
#9,190	Fetzer	3,550	86,971
#9,192	Jimerson	3,548	87,020
#9,195	Samano	3,547	87,044

Who is named Klingensmith

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

97% of people named Klingensmith identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Klingensmiths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kiana James
American professional wrestler, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klingensmith

Klingensmith 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 Klingensmith?: 3,551 people in the United States had the surname Klingensmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. It ranked 9,186th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klingensmith?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Klingensmith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Klingensmith?: Kiana James, American professional wrestler.
Where is the surname Klingensmith most common?: Wikidata records people named Klingensmith in the United States.
Is the surname Klingensmith getting more or less common?: More common. 3,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,551 in 2010, up 6.6%.