Surname Kleist (Kleist 
, Клейст, קלייסט 
) , around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The family name Kleist is characteristic of Greenland, where it is a widespread surname, New Zealand, where it is quite a common surname, and Denmark, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Germany, the United States, and New Zealand. Very seldom, Kleist is the forename as well as the last name.
| georg kleist (1435-1508), DE (b. 1435) |
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| jakob von kleist DE (b. 1600) |
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| wilhelm von kleist (b. 1600) |
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| ewald von kleist German diplomat and jurist, DE (b. 1615) |
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ewald von kleist German military personnel, DE (b. 1667) |
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| hans kaspar von kleist 10 May 1647 - 29 Nov 1711 (b. 1647) |
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franz ulrich von kleist DE (b. 1688) |
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ewald georg von kleist German physicist and bishop, PL (b. 1700) |
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| casimir von kleist 1654 - 19 Feb 1722 Oldenburg (b. 1654) |
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| ewald joachim von kleist Pomeranian district administrator and diplomat, PL (b. 1657) |
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karl wilhelm von kleist German officer (1707-1766), DE (b. 1707) |
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henning alexander von kleist DE (b. 1707) |
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friedrich wilhelm gottfried arnd von kleist German officer, DE (b. 1724) |
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| andreas joachim von kleist PL (b. 1678) |
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søren peter kleist NO (b. 1732) |
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