Kleinschmidt Surname

33,053rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greenland

Kleinschmidt Surname Definition:

(German) One who made small metal objects, such as locks and nails; the small worker in metals.

Kleinschmidt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9,4121:8,5531,052
United States3,7591:96,42410,776
Poland6861:55,4068,720
Brazil6621:323,37512,447
South Africa5551:97,61711,877
Australia4561:59,2017,179
Canada1131:326,06729,799
France681:976,805110,007
Netherlands631:268,05033,531
Denmark521:108,55210,139
England421:1,326,62059,571
Greenland351:1,611220
Luxembourg211:27,6454,917
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Austria111:774,13064,097
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Norway61:857,04855,549
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Jersey11:99,2026,620
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2981:168,51915,231

Kleinschmidt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who made small metal objects, such as locks and nails; the small worker in metals.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kleinschmidt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kleinschmidt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kleinschmidt is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kleinschmidt click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kleinschmidt? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 33,053rd most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 453,572 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Kleinschmidt live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 9,412 people, or 1 in 8,553. In Germany Kleinschmidt is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live, Hesse, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany Kleinschmidt occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Poland, where 4 percent live.

Kleinschmidt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kleinschmidt has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,261 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kleinschmidt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kleinschmidt surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.82% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kleinschmidt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.97% less than the national average, earning 249,281 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.19% more than the national average, earning R 375,924 per year; in United States they earn 5.06% more than the national average, earning $45,334 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.45% more than the national average, earning $57,358 CAD per year.

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