How common is the surname Kahl?

5,215 people in the United States had the surname Kahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,203 Americans. It ranked 6,508th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kahl?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kahl?

Milt Kahl, American animator (1909–1987).

Where is the surname Kahl most common?

Wikidata records people named Kahl in the United States.

Is the surname Kahl getting more or less common?

About as common. 5,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,215 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Kahl

A surname, carried by 5,215 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kahl is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,215 people named Kahl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,203 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,213.

#6,508

rank among US surnames

5,215

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #6,067)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,503	Cashman	5,219	59,158
#6,504	Dave	5,218	59,169
#6,505	Pattison	5,217	59,181
#6,508	Kahl	5,215	59,203
#6,509	Hulbert	5,214	59,215

Who is named Kahl

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Kahl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kahls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Milt Kahl
American animator (1909–1987)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kahl

Kahl has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

Questions

Where does the surname Kahl come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Kahl?: 5,215 people in the United States had the surname Kahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,203 Americans. It ranked 6,508th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kahl?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kahl?: Milt Kahl, American animator (1909–1987).
Where is the surname Kahl most common?: Wikidata records people named Kahl in the United States.
Is the surname Kahl getting more or less common?: About as common. 5,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,215 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.