Klee Surname
Approximately 16,189 people bear this surname
Klee Surname User-submission:
It is a surname of Slavic origin, variant of Clewi or Klewe, Sorbian short forms of the personal name Nikolaus.
Klee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,542 | 1:8,437 | 1,040 |
| United States | 3,465 | 1:104,606 | 11,505 |
| Liberia | 528 | 1:8,349 | 958 |
| Switzerland | 431 | 1:19,055 | 3,110 |
| France | 337 | 1:197,100 | 30,644 |
| Austria | 313 | 1:27,206 | 4,313 |
| Guatemala | 198 | 1:81,226 | 2,730 |
| Netherlands | 187 | 1:90,306 | 14,890 |
| Australia | 160 | 1:168,723 | 17,330 |
| England | 126 | 1:442,207 | 29,452 |
| Canada | 107 | 1:344,351 | 31,229 |
| Brazil | 98 | 1:2,184,432 | 68,273 |
| South Africa | 98 | 1:552,834 | 43,423 |
| New Zealand | 73 | 1:62,032 | 9,583 |
| Mexico | 68 | 1:1,825,385 | 17,952 |
| Denmark | 62 | 1:91,044 | 8,699 |
| Poland | 44 | 1:863,835 | 66,160 |
| Czechia | 37 | 1:287,391 | 37,121 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Colombia | 30 | 1:1,592,469 | 11,125 |
| Chile | 20 | 1:880,824 | 18,509 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| El Salvador | 16 | 1:396,493 | 2,687 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 33 | 1:738,648 | 34,140 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 471 | 1:106,621 | 10,696 |
The alternate forms: Kleé (38), Kleè (1) & Klée (1) are calculated separately.
Klee (381) may also be a first name.
Klee Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is a surname of Slavic origin, variant of Clewi or Klewe, Sorbian short forms of the personal name Nikolaus.
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Klee Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Klee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Klee (Russian: Клее) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kleé, Kleè or Klée. For other possible spellings of Klee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Klee? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 32,828th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 450,154 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Klee live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 444,187th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 381 people.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 9,542 people, or 1 in 8,437. In Germany Klee is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent are found, Hesse, where 17 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 69 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Liberia, where 3 percent are found.
Klee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Klee has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Klee surname expanded 736 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 382 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Klee Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Sunni (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Klee last name are 5.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.03% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Klee earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 18.38% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,822 per year; in South Africa they earn 422.18% more than the national average, earning R 1,240,900 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.23% less than the national average, earning $22,423,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.3% more than the national average, earning $48,887 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $50,105 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klee in the Russian language | ||
| Клее | klee | - |
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