Small (family name)

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Distribution of the name Klein in Germany (2005)

The family name small originated as a nickname (property name) probably after the body size or after characteristics that come from the earlier meaning of the word small . It meant little in Middle High German : pure, fine, clever astute, petite, pretty, nice, tender, thin, thin, thin, ugly, weak, small. Kleini had the following meanings in Old High German : shiny, smooth, clean, careful, dainty, thin, slight, little. There is a linguistic relationship with the English word clean .

Variants and compositions

To small there are the variants Kleine , Kleiner , Kleinecke , Kleinke , Kleinmann and Kleinert . Kleinová is a Czech female surname.

Klein appears as the first part of the name in several combinations, for example in Kleinfeld , Kleinhans and Kleinpeter (the younger Hans or Peter), Kleinknecht , Kleinschmidt (locksmith) and Kleinwächter .

frequency

The family name Klein is in 15th position on the list of the most common family names in Germany . It is the most common German family name that is not derived from a job title . Around 57,000 families in Germany and Austria bear this name. It is particularly common in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate . But the name Klein is also worn by families in countries such as Romania, Russia, Spain, France and America.

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