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Kleiner Ranking

In the United States, the name Kleiner is the 15,456th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Kleiner migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kleiner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Rudolf Kleiner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743 2
  • Rupert Kleiner, who landed in America in 1783 2
Kleiner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Wilhelm Kleiner, aged 1, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 2
  • Elizabeth Kleiner, aged 23, who arrived in New York, N Y in 1850 2
  • J Kleiner, aged 29, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 2
  • Paul Kleiner, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 2
  • Louis Kleiner, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1855 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Kleiner (post 1700) +

  • Morris M. Kleiner (b. 1948), American professor of public affairs
  • John J. Kleiner (1845-1911), American politician, US Representative from Indiana
  • Israel Simon Kleiner (1885-1966), American biochemist
  • Eugene Kleiner (1923-2003), American venture capitalist, co-founder of what would become Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Richard Arthur "Dick" Kleiner (1921-2002), Hollywood columnist, best remembered for his column "Ask Dick Kleiner"
  • Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host
  • Bruce Kleiner Ph.D., American mathematician
  • Laura L. Kleiner, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Virginia State House of Delegates 20th District, 2011 3
  • John Jay Kleiner (1845-1911), American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Evansville, Indiana, 1874-80; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1883-87 3
  • Anne May Kleiner, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1961 3
  • ... (Another 7 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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