The Klem surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,365 people carried this name — #12,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 125,000 people counted. That is up 18% from 2,000 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
138 people named Klem have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 165 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 111 people named Klem.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 37 people named Klem 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.
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
33 people named Klem is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Klem in American newspapers,
1914–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Klem,
with a public archive behind them.
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Théophile Klem 1849–1923 · joiner -
Johannes Michael Klem 1719–1808 · priest
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Jean-Baptiste Klem 1816–1863 · joiner
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Frederik Klem 1823–1895 · photographer
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Frederik Klem 1823–1895 · photographer
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Gottfried Gustav Klem 1851–1907 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Klem.
- Kleine 1,450 · 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
- Klemm 2,982 · U.S. census
- Klepper 2,245 · U.S. census
- Klimas 1,032 · U.S. census
- Klimczak 720 · U.S. census
- Klimek 3,492 · U.S. census
- Kling 7,713 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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