How common is the surname Klinger?

9,179 people in the United States had the surname Klinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,636 Americans. It ranked 3,864th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klinger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Klinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Klinger getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,179 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Klinger

A surname, carried by 9,179 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). Klinger is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,179 people named Klinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,636 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,319.

#3,864

rank among US surnames

9,179

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,505)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,855	Hoy	9,196	33,574
#3,856	Sweat	9,194	33,581
#3,857	Hoyle	9,192	33,589
#3,859	Peter	9,191	33,592
#3,860	Maki	9,190	33,596
#3,861	Bowens	9,188	33,603
#3,862	Stutzman	9,185	33,614

Who is named Klinger

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

96% of people named Klinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klinger

Klinger 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 Klinger?: 9,179 people in the United States had the surname Klinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,636 Americans. It ranked 3,864th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klinger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Klinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Klinger getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,319 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,179 in 2010, down 1.5%.