The Kline surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 45,390 people carried this name — #761 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 44,900 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kline surname

A surname from German anglicized from German Klein.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kline» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In national population registers

100 people named Kline is counted in Slovenia.

Slovenia counts its residents on 1 January 2026.

Counted, by country

Slovenia (2026) 100

Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), SiStat tables 05X1015S–05X1018S, family names of the population, 1 January 2026 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Kline in American newspapers,
1851–1922.

Newspaper page from The National Era carrying the name Kline
The National Era 1851-12-11
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Kline
Evening Star 1913-09-21
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Kline
The New York Herald 1922-08-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 373,790 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kline in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

4,767 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kline. The most, 823, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,596
Victoria 1,302
Queensland 401
Tasmania 176
Western Australia 150
South Australia 106
ACT (Canberra) 19
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kline.

Who carried it

People named Kline,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marcus C.L. Kline
    Marcus C.L. Kline 1855–1911 · lawyer
  • Ardolph L. Kline
    Ardolph L. Kline 1858–1930 · politician
  • Isaac Clinton Kline
    Isaac Clinton Kline 1858–1947 · lawyer
  • Charles H. Kline
    Charles H. Kline 1870–1933 · politician
  • William G. Kline
    William G. Kline 1882–1942 · basketball coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 218 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kline,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States3,881 records

3,881 records of the Kline name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,774
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 841
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 545
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 324
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 275
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 83
  • Sacramento County historic burials 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harvey Edward Kline

    Born 1946; from San Diego, California. U.S. Army, heavy construction equipment operator; killed in action 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Theodore A. Kline

    Born 1916 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio; waiter from Hamilton County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Minna Kline

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Spree from Bremen and Southampton, aged 19; farmer. From Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 3,881 records for Kline in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada247 records

247 records of the Kline name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 206
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 11
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 8
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Winard Kline

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Kline

    Died 1929 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Soloman Kline

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 247 records for Kline in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia112 records

112 records of the Kline name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 37
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 31
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 28
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Benedict Kline

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Alipore, aged 17; German.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leslie Alexander Kline

    Labourer of Newport, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Kline

    Died 1913 in Campania, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 112 records for Kline in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Kline name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mabel Viola Kline

    Married in 1922 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Frederika Albertina Maria Kline

    In a population register; born 1864 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Clara Jeanne Kline

    Born 1892 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Kline in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Kline name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rod Taylor Kline

    Born 1957 in the United States; died 1994 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Kline name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Kline

    From Wibbecke, Uslar. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 July 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Kline name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Aletea W. Kline

    Census of 1910: Inkognitogaten, Kristiania; born 1850 in St Louis Missouri U.s.a.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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