as a Last Name
- 1,389
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Kleist
Meaning & Origins
German: probably a habitational name of Slavic origin, from a place near Köslin in Pomerania.
| 17,781st in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,389
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Kleist per capita
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