Klingensmith
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Partly Americanized form of the German surname Klingenschmidt, an occupational name for a swordsmith or cutler, from Middle High German klinge ‘blade’, ‘sword’ + smit ‘smith’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɫɪŋɡɪnsmɪθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Klingensmith is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 94K(measured from records)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 26K
- ISIceland≈1 in 55K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 282 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈22,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Partly Americanized form of the German surname Klingenschmidt, an occupational name for a swordsmith or cutler, from Middle High German klinge ‘blade’, ‘sword’ + smit ‘smith’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Klingensmith 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Klingensmith | 1 |
| US United States | 3,551 | 1 in 94K | 3.6K | Klingensmith | 282 |
| IT Italy | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 146K | — | Klingensmith | 3 |
| EG Egypt | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 286K | — | Klingensmith | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | Klingensmith | 14 |
| SG Singapore | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Klingensmith | 1 |
| IE Ireland | ≈58 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Klingensmith | 2 |
| IS Iceland | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Klingensmith | 1 |
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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Klingensmith, Jr.b. 1786USAmerican politician (1786-1854)
- Florence Klingensmithb. 1904USAmerican aviator (1904-1933)
- Kiana Jamesb. 1997USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.6K | #9,186 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.3K | #9,019 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.1K | #9,968 |
| US United States | wru 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 Klingensmith mean, and where does it come from?
- Partly Americanized form of the German surname Klingenschmidt, an occupational name for a swordsmith or cutler, from Middle High German klinge ‘blade’, ‘sword’ + smit ‘smith’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Klingensmith?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɫɪŋɡɪnsmɪθ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Klingensmith have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 22 thousand people named Klingensmith in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled klingensmith.
- How common is the name Klingensmith?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,551 people named Klingensmith in 2010, about 1 in 94 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/klingensmithThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Klingensmith”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.