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

Kleiser, 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 Kleiser surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Kleiser in America

Kleiser is the 68770th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Kleiser surname appeared 286 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 Kleiser.

We can also compare 2010 data for Kleiser 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 Kleiser

The surname KLEISER is of German origin, originating in the 16th century from the southern regions of Germany. It is believed to be derived from the German word "klein," meaning small or little, and may have been an occupational name given to someone of small stature or a nickname for a young man.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name KLEISER can be found in the town records of Nürnberg, where a Johann Kleiser was listed as a resident in 1587. In the nearby village of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a family by the name of Kleiser is mentioned in a church registry from 1612.

The name KLEISER also appears in historical documents from the Palatinate region of Germany, where a Johann Christoph Kleiser was born in Wachenheim an der Weinstraße in 1671. He later became a renowned theologian and author, publishing several works on religious topics.

In the 18th century, the name KLEISER spread to other parts of Europe as German families migrated eastward. A notable figure was Friedrich Kleiser, born in 1792 in Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland). He was a prolific writer and translator, known for his German translations of works by Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Another individual of note was Ezra Kleiser, born in 1868 in Alsace-Lorraine (then part of Germany). He emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century and became a successful businessman in the advertising industry, founding the Kleiser Advertising Agency in New York City.

Other notable individuals with the surname KLEISER include Wilhelm Kleiser (1840-1917), a German sculptor and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and Gregor Kleiser (1906-1987), an Austrian author and playwright who wrote extensively about life in rural Austria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Kleiser

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

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 Kleiser 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 Kleiser 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 Kleiser was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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