Explore the Family Name Kleyn

The meaning of Kleyn

1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Klein. 2. Dutch: variant, mainly archaic, Flemish, or Americanized, of Kleijn, itself a variant of Klein. Some characteristic forenames: Russian Aleksandr, Boris, Gennady, Grigory, Maryana, Mikhail, Svetlana, Veniamin, Yelena, Yeva. Jewish Arie, Mendel, Yakov. Dutch Dirk, Cornelis. German Florian, Hans, Otto.

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How common is the last name Kleyn in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kleyn has notably increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Kleyn ranked 66,676th in popularity, but by 2010, it had climbed to the 58,042nd spot, indicating a 12.95 percent increase. The actual count of individuals bearing this surname also rose from 277 to 350 during this period, marking a substantial growth rate of 26.35 percent. Additionally, the proportion per 100,000 people with the Kleyn surname saw an uptick of 20 percent, moving from 0.1 to 0.12.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,676	#58,042	12.95%
Count	277	350	26.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.12	20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kleyn

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates a dominant trend towards the white ethnicity among those carrying the Kleyn surname. In 2000, 96.75 percent of the Kleyn population identified as white, and this number slightly increased to 97.71 percent by 2010. Meanwhile, there was a small percentage (2.53 percent) who identified with two or more races in 2000, though this figure dropped to zero by 2010. The categories of Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native all reported no individuals with the Kleyn surname in both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.75%	97.71%	0.99%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.53%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%