Klings Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Klings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1311:614,54548,972
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England31:18,572,686338,250
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Klings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Klings has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Klings? popularity and diffusion

The surname Klings is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name Klings occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Klings are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 614,545. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 30 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent live and Saxony, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany Klings occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Klings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Klings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Klings surname contracted 7 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Klings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Klings surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.

Klings earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.12% less than the national average, earning $29,721 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klingst9280/
Klingse924/
Klingsh923/
Klingås922/
Killings86907/
Kellings8637/
Klingsch8620/
Clings8322/
Klinks839/
Keellings8023/
Klincse7719/
Klinx730/
Källängs718/
Cillings711/
Kellinks710/
Klencs6726/
Chillings674/
Quillings672/
Clinks671/
Chellings671/
Clinx550/
Kellinckx533/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Klings
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