Cognomen Kling (克林 
, Kling 
, Klinge 
) , in the world, is a common last name. The last name Kling is characteristic of British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Sweden, and Germany. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and China. Likewise, Kling is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 克林 | China |
| Kling | Germany, France, United States, China, Sweden |
| Klinge | Germany, Netherlands, France, United States, Sweden |
| Клинг | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
| jörg kling Architect in Vienna, AT (b. 1450) |
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| måns nilsson kling Swedish colonial governor (b. 1600) |
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| nicolaus kling SE (b. 1622) |
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| gabriel kling SE (b. 1651) |
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| anders kling SE (b. 1683) |
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| daniel kling SE (b. 1690) |
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| gabriel kling Swedish musician, SE (b. 1719) |
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| johan kling (1745-1821), SE (b. 1745) |
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joseph kling French politician, FR (b. 1800) |
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| johann peter kling DE (b. 1749) |
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josef kling German chess player (1811-1876), DE (b. 1811) |
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henri kling Swiss composer, educator, conductor, organist en hornist (1842-1918), FR (b. 1842) |
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| christian kling DE (b. 1800) |
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anton kling Austrian painter (1881-1963), AT (b. 1881) |
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| amos kling American businessman (b. 1833) |
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