How common is the surname Klink?

4,059 people in the United States had the surname Klink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,064 Americans. It ranked 8,164th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klink?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Klink?

Ilse Klink, actress,singer and television personality, followed by Ron Klink.

Where is the surname Klink most common?

Wikidata records people named Klink in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Klink getting more or less common?

More common. 3,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,059 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Klink

A surname, carried by 4,059 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). Klink is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,059 people named Klink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,064 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,417.

#8,164

rank among US surnames

4,059

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+18.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,829)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,159	Paquin	4,064	75,971
#8,162	Armitage	4,063	75,990
#8,163	Hoey	4,062	76,008
#8,164	Klink	4,059	76,064
#8,168	Nunnally	4,058	76,083

Who is named Klink

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

95% of people named Klink identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Klinks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ilse Klink
Actress,singer and television personality, born 1972
Ron Klink
American politician (born 1951)
Amyr Klink
Brazilian sailor and writer, born 1955

Notable Klinks come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klink

Klink 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 Klink?: 4,059 people in the United States had the surname Klink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,064 Americans. It ranked 8,164th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klink?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Klink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Klink?: Ilse Klink, actress,singer and television personality, followed by Ron Klink.
Where is the surname Klink most common?: Wikidata records people named Klink in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Klink getting more or less common?: More common. 3,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,059 in 2010, up 19%.