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Surname Kleist (Kleist , Клейст, קלייסט ) , around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The family name Kleist is characteristic of Greenland, where it is a widespread surname, New Zealand, where it is quite a common surname, and Denmark, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and New Zealand. Very seldom, Kleist is the forename as well as the last name.