The Klinger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,179 people carried this name — #3,864 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,200 people counted. That is down 2% from 9,319 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
634 people named Klinger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 828 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 403 people named Klinger.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
213 people named Klinger live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 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 99 people named Klinger 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
20 people named Klinger 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
Klinger in American newspapers,
1908–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Klinger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Maximilian Klinger 1752–1831 · writer -
István Klinger 1831–1908 · Catholic priest -
John H. Klinger d. 1974 · writer
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Johann Klinger d. 1700 · jurist
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Nikolaus Klinger 1551–1610
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Johann Gottfried Klinger 1711–1781 · porcelain painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Klinger.
- 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
- Klingler 3,668 · U.S. census
- Klipfel 542 · U.S. census
- Klock 2,413 · U.S. census
- Klonowski 670 · U.S. census
- Klop 133 · U.S. census
- Klopfenstein 1,604 · U.S. census
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