The Kleine surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,450 people carried this name — #18,858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,459 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 134 people named Kleine.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
33 people named Kleine live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 31 people named Kleine live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
59 people named Kleine is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kleine,
with a public archive behind them.
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George Kleine 1863–1931 · film distributor -
George Kleine 1864–1931 · film distributor
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Rudolf Kleine 1886–1917 · military officer -
Johann Georg Kleine 1740–1795 · teacher
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Frédéric-Auguste Kleine 1849–1925 · civil engineer
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Richard Kleine 1874–1948 · entomologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kleine.
- Kleck 289 · U.S. census
- Klee 2,440 · U.S. census
- Kleiber 1,146 · U.S. census
- Kleim 106 · U.S. census
- Klein 81,471 · U.S. census
- Kleindienst 352 · U.S. census
- Kleiner 2,566 · U.S. census
- Kleinhans 1,264 · U.S. census
- Kleinmann 257 · U.S. census
- Kleinpeter 706 · U.S. census
- Kleitz 254 · U.S. census
- Klem 2,365 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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