Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 40.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Kling'' were residents of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

(frequency 1:6,549), 33.3% of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

(1:35,616), 7.4% of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

(1:4,371), 4.0% of

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

(1:54,920), 2.8% of

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

(1:168,564), 2.3% of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

(1:295,111), 1.6% of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

(1:35,243) and 1.0% of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

(1:136,126). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,371) in the following counties: * 1.

Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg County, Kronoberg, Jönköping County, Jönköping, Blekinge County, Blekinge and Östergötland County, Östergötland. To the ...

(1:2,129) * 2.

Jönköping County Jönköping County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capita ...

(1:2,389) * 3.

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and V� ...

(1:2,569) * 4.

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

(1:3,110) * 5.

Östergötland County Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...

(1:3,290) * 6.

Dalarna County Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...

(1:3,331) * 7.

Örebro County Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of ...

(1:3,478) * 8.

Värmland County Värmland County () is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

(1:3,963) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,549) in the following states:Kling surname distribution
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Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

(1:2,661) * 2.

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

(1:3,126) * 3.

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

(1:4,661) * 4.

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

(1:4,839)

People

Anja Kling Anja Kling (born 22 March 1970) is a German actress. She is the younger sister of actress Gerit Kling. Selected filmography * ' (1989) * ''Landschaft mit Dornen'' (1992, TV film) * ' (1994, TV series) * ' (1995) * ' (1995, TV miniseries) * '' ...

(born 1970), German actress *

Sigga Kling Sigga Kling (born 1967) is an Icelandic astrologer, spiritual advisor, and media personality. She has become a prominent cultural figure across Iceland due to her astrology columns and televised appearances and is widely known in Iceland as a witc ...

(born 1967), Icelandic astrologer *

Arnold Kling Arnold Kling (born 1954) is an American economist, scholar, and blogger known for his writings on EconLog, an economics blog, along with Bryan Caplan and David R. Henderson. Kling also has his own blog, askblog, which carries the motto: "takin ...

(born 1954), American economist and blogger *

Catherine Kling Catherine L. Kling (born 1960) is an American economist, currently a Tisch University Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Faculty Director at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. In ...

(born 1960), American economist *Florence Kling, maiden name of

Florence Harding Florence Mabel Harding (née Kling; August 15, 1860 – November 21, 1924) was First Lady of the United States from 1921 until her husband's death in 1923 as the wife of President Warren G. Harding. Harding had initially studied to be a con ...

(1860-1924), wife of US President Warren G. Harding *

Heinrich Kling Heinrich ''Heinz'' Kling (10 September 1913 – 30 September 1951) was a German Waffen-SS commander during the Nazi era, who served with the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). Biography Kling graduated from the SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz in 1 ...

(1913-1951), German World War II Waffen SS officer *

Johan Kling Johan Kling (born Carl-David Johan Natt och Dag, 7 August 1962,) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and novelist. His debut movie, '' Darling'' (2007), received numerous nominations and won several awards. Career Kling started his career ...

(born 1962), Swedish film director, screenwriter and novelist *

Johnny Kling John Gransfield Kling (November 13, 1875 – January 31, 1947) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from to , most prominently as a member of the Chicago Cubs teams that won ...

(1875-1947), American baseball catcher * Bill Kling (1867-1934), American baseball pitcher *

Josef Kling Josef Kling (19 March 1811 – 1 December 1876), also found in English-language sources as Joseph Kling, was a German chess master and chess composer. He has been called "a pioneer of the modern style of chess." Although Kling was an expert on ...

(1811-1876), German chess master *

Karl Kling Karl Kling (; 16 September 1910 – 18 March 2003) was a German racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One at 11 Grands Prix from to . An employee of Daimler-Benz since the mid-1930s, Kling made his Formula One debut a ...

(1910-2003), German motor racing driver and manager *

Måns Nilsson Kling Måns Nilsson Kling or Mauno Kling was a Swedish military officer who was the second governor of New Sweden, the 17th century colony in America, which he administrated from Fort Christina (now Wilmington, Delaware, United States). Biography The fir ...

, governor of the 17th century colony of New Sweden * Marc-Uwe Kling (born 1982), German cabaret artist, author and songwriter * Ricky Kling (born 1987), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider *Robert Kling, alias used by

Timothy McVeigh Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 people (including 19 children), injured ...

(1968-2001), American domestic terrorist * Robert Kling (born 1997), Norwegian footballer * Stephan Kling (born 1981), German footballer *

Thomas Kling Thomas Kling (June 5, 1957 – April 1, 2005) was a German poet. Life Thomas Kling was born in Bingen am Rhein, grew up in Hilden and went to school in Düsseldorf. He studied philology in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Vienna and lived in Finland for ...

(1957-2005), German poet *

Vincent Kling (architect) Vincent George Kling (May 9, 1916 – November 23, 2013) was an American architect who co-founded the architectural practice KlingStubbins. Biography Kling was born in East Orange, New Jersey on May 9, 1916. He was the son of a builder and join ...

(1916–2013), American architect * Vincent Kling (translator) (fl. from 1990), American scholar and translator of German literature *

Wilhelm Kling Wilhelm Kling (7 February 1902 – 17 November 1973) was a Communist Party of Germany (KPD) functionary, and later an associate in the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in East Germany. Kling was bor ...

(1902-1973), Communist Party of Germany and Socialist Unity Party functionary * William Hugh Kling (born 1942), American businessman, created Minnesota Public Radio *

Woody Kling Woody Kling (April 14, 1925 – April 10, 1988) was an American television writer, producer, playwright, and composer. Biography Early life Born Heywood Fisher Kling in New York City, Kling was the son of Mayme and Ken Kling. Ken was a c ...

(1925-1998), American television writer and producer

Other uses

*Kling or

Keling ''Keling'' () or ''Kling'' is an exonym to denote a Tamilian or someone deemed to have originated from South India. Originally a neutral term, since the mid-20th century it has been considered derogatory and an ethnic slur, and it is sometime ...

, a term for Malaysians, Indonesians or Singaporeans of Indian descent **

Upper Cross Street Upper Cross Street (Simplified Chinese character, Chinese: 克罗士街上段) is a street located in Chinatown, Singapore, Chinatown within the Outram, Singapore, Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The street starts after Cross Street at the ju ...

, Singapore, also known as Kling Street due to Indian traders living in the area *Kling, a text-to-video model by

Kuaishou Kuaishou Technology ( zh, c=快手, l=quick hand) is a Chinese publicly traded partly state-owned holding company based in Haidian District, Beijing, that was founded in 2011 by Hua Su (宿华) and Cheng Yixiao (程一笑). The company, liste ...

* Mount Kling, South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean * Klings

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