Cline is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Israel, Ireland, Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cline
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland, Israel, Ireland, Germany
Meaning:

The lastname Cline is a variant form of Klein. German Little; small in person.

The variation of the Kleiman. Dweller on clay ground; one who came from Klei, i.e., clay, the name of various places in Germany.

Cline is the variant form of Clyne. One who came from Clyne meaning "a slope," the name of two places in Scotland.

An anglicization of the German, Klein meaning "the small man".

The form of Klein. Little.

How popular is Cline?

Cline is common in United States, Canada, France, England, Australia, Thailand.

Cline is ranked 8115 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cline bearers increased by 2.22 per cent in 2010 US census to 50258 since 2000, the surname slipped by 56 spots and ranked at 684. The last name was found in around 2 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.86 94.18
Black 2.15 2.1
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.4
Others 1.61 1.16
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.87 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0.35
Cline is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while British Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 70160 people have been found who wears Cline as their family name. Cline is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Cline:
629 United States66,478
Countries with thousands of Cline:
3,008 Canada1,679
Countries with hundreds of Cline:
12,214 France774
16,264 England309
11,721 Australia259
88,691 Thailand139
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
63,943 South Africa51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
138 British Virgin Islands37
73,489 Argentina34
16,302 New Zealand33
21,165 Switzerland32
129,424 Germany31
42,948 Belgium28
29,049 Mexico25
14,824 Dominican Republic23
931 United States Virgin Islands18
180,670 Philippines17
43,922 Japan16
237,812 Nigeria13
75,423 Netherlands12
578,870 India12
66,831 Sweden11
6,554 China11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
350,626 Brazil10
21,724 Scotland9
2,328 Belize9
436,635 Russia8
121,657 Italy6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old immigrant Jas. Cline who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 5, 1849 by Ward Chipman put out from Liverpool. Barney Cline, aged 18, 16 years old Ann Cline, Mary Cline (24) Maid, Workwoman Mary Cline, Maid Bridget Cline, Bernard Cline (23) Workman, Mary Cline, Miche. Cline (35) Workman, and 7 other Cline around 55.56% of whom were workman migrated to US.

From Germany

George Cline worked as wheelwright and hailed from Germany. 24 years old embarked for USA from London on Southampton and arrived on April 20, 1852. Frederick Cline (33) Carpenter, 24 years old Ilsin Cline, Ralph Cline, aged 42, are others that migrated to US from London, Havre & London and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Cline Namesakes

  • Victor Cline, University of California, Berkeley Ph D
  • Martin Cline, is Professor of Medicine at the University of California
  • Isaac Cline, chief meteorologist at the Galveston
  • Russell Cline,
  • Edward Cline, American novelist and essayist
  • Fred Cline, production designer, art director
  • Alex Cline, American jazz drummer
  • Sperry Cline, Canadian frontier policeman and author
  • David Cline, American anti-war and veterans rights activist
  • Patsy Cline, American country music singer and part of the Nashville sound during the late 1950s and early 1960s
  • Edward F. Cline, American screenwriter, actor
  • Nels Cline, musical artist
  • Eric Cline, former Canadian politician
  • Ty Cline, former Major League Baseball player, primarily a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs
  • Melanie Cline, American former amateur "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were
  • Terry Cline, American psychologist and public health policy specialist
  • Craig Cline, worked at Atex and then served as conference director of Seybold Seminars and vice president of content development for the Seminars
  • Leticia Cline, American model
  • Ernest Cline, American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter
  • Ollie Cline, college and professional American football fullback
  • Eric H. Cline, author, historian, archaeologist
  • Cyrus Cline, U.S. Representative from Indiana

Cline Namesakes

  • Victor Cline, University of California, Berkeley Ph D
  • Martin Cline, is Professor of Medicine at the University of California
  • Isaac Cline, chief meteorologist at the Galveston
  • Russell Cline,
  • Edward Cline, American novelist and essayist
  • Fred Cline, production designer, art director
  • Alex Cline, American jazz drummer
  • Sperry Cline, Canadian frontier policeman and author
  • David Cline, American anti-war and veterans rights activist
  • Patsy Cline, American country music singer and part of the Nashville sound during the late 1950s and early 1960s
  • Edward F. Cline, American screenwriter, actor
  • Nels Cline, musical artist
  • Eric Cline, former Canadian politician
  • Ty Cline, former Major League Baseball player, primarily a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs
  • Melanie Cline, American former amateur "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were
  • Terry Cline, American psychologist and public health policy specialist
  • Craig Cline, worked at Atex and then served as conference director of Seybold Seminars and vice president of content development for the Seminars
  • Leticia Cline, American model
  • Ernest Cline, American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter
  • Ollie Cline, college and professional American football fullback
  • Eric H. Cline, author, historian, archaeologist
  • Cyrus Cline, U.S. Representative from Indiana

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