The Kleiner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,566 people carried this name — #12,140 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 114,900 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,362 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kleiner surname
A male surname from German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kleiner» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
832 people named Kleiner live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 255 people named Kleiner 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 Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 87 people named Kleiner.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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 Poland’s population register
52 people named Kleiner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 107 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
56 people named Kleiner 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).
In print
Kleiner in American newspapers,
1901–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,894 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kleiner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rudolf Kleiner 1758–1822 · jurist -
Alfred Kleiner 1849–1916 · physicist -
Alfred Kleiner 1849–1916 · physicist
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Gottfried Kleiner 1691–1767 · preacher
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Salomon Kleiner 1700–1761 · architect
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Joseph Kleiner 1725–1786 · canon law jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kleiner.
- 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
- Kleine 1,450 · 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
- Klemm 2,982 · U.S. census
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