# Kahl (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kahl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,215 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,508 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,203 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (5,213 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German surname, from the adjective kahl (“bald”). Also from Kahl am Main in Lower Franconia, itself named after the River Kahl, from Old High German kaldaha (literally “the cold river”), from kalt (“cold”) + aha (“river”). Compare Cale.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kahl in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kahl in the United States.

## People named Kahl

- Milt Kahl, American animator (1909–1987)

## Similar surnames

Kohl, Kuhl, Kaul, Kale, Kahle, Kehl, Kail, Kalla, Kelly, Kelley, Kyle, Keel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.