Find out how popular the last name Kleinhans is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Kleinhans.

Kleinhans, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Kleinhans surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kleinhans in America

Kleinhans is the 20864th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kleinhans surname appeared 1,264 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Kleinhans.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kleinhans to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Kleinhans

The surname KLEINHANS has its origins in Germany, dating back to the 16th century. It is a compound name formed by combining the German words "klein" meaning "small" and "hans" which is a diminutive form of the personal name Johannes or John. The name likely originated as a descriptive nickname for a person of small stature named Hans.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the KLEINHANS surname can be found in the parish records of the town of Erbach in the state of Hesse, Germany, where a Hans Kleinhans was documented in 1584. The name also appears in various other historical records from the German states of Bavaria, Württemberg, and Saxony during the 17th and 18th centuries.

In some cases, the surname KLEINHANS may have originated as a topographic name, referring to a person who lived near a small or minor settlement named Hans or a variation thereof. This was a common practice in medieval times when surnames were derived from geographical locations.

Notable individuals with the KLEINHANS surname throughout history include Johann Andreas Kleinhans (1685-1759), a German composer and organist from Württemberg, and Friedrich Kleinhans (1793-1878), a German-born American farmer and politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1850s.

Another notable figure was Karl Kleinhans (1853-1926), a German-born American architect who designed several notable buildings in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, including the former St. George's Church and the Plum Street Temple, a historic synagogue. His son, Walter Kleinhans (1885-1964), also followed in his footsteps as an architect in Cincinnati.

In the field of literature, one can find references to the writer and translator Johann Christian Friedrich Kleinhans (1763-1831), who was born in Saxony and published various works, including translations of English and French authors into German.

These are just a few examples of individuals with the surname KLEINHANS who have left a mark on history, spanning various professions and nationalities, although the name has its roots firmly planted in the German-speaking regions of Europe.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kleinhans

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Kleinhans.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Kleinhans was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Kleinhans has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Kleinhans was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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