Kleinsmith

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Kleinsmith is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Part-translation of German Kleinschmidt.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 501K(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 28K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 182K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 people, est.

Sources
183 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 28K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Part-translation of German Kleinschmidt.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kleinsmith counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kleinsmith is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈2,000 est.≈1 in 28K—Kleinsmith51
US United States6641 in 501K664Kleinsmith183
BR Brazil≈140 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Kleinsmith2
GB United Kingdom≈110 est.≈1 in 602K—Kleinsmith12
CA Canada≈69 est.≈1 in 545K—Kleinsmith16
IE Ireland≈28 est.≈1 in 182K—Kleinsmith1
IL Israel≈19 est.≈1 in 452K—Kleinsmith1
NZ New Zealand≈11 est.≈1 in 430K—Kleinsmith9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kleinsmith is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Klein-Smith

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Kleinsmith
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010664#34,185
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000658#32,856
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020650#36,940
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kleinsmith mean, and where does it come from?
Part-translation of German Kleinschmidt. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Kleinsmith have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Kleinsmith in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kleinsmith.
How common is the name Kleinsmith?
In the United States, the national register counted 664 people named Kleinsmith in 2010, about 1 in 501 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kleinsmith”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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