How common is the surname Kehl?

2,514 people in the United States had the surname Kehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kehl?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kehl?

Maria Rita Kehl, Brazilian writer, poet and literary critic.

Where is the surname Kehl most common?

Wikidata records people named Kehl in Brazil.

Is the surname Kehl getting more or less common?

More common. 2,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Kehl

A surname, carried by 2,514 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). Kehl is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,514 people named Kehl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,465.

#12,370

rank among US surnames

2,514

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #11,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,362	Bart	2,515	122,762
#12,370	Mikel	2,514	122,810
#12,378	Richer	2,513	122,859

Who is named Kehl

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

95% of people named Kehl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kehls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maria Rita Kehl
Brazilian writer, poet and literary critic, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kehl

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kehl?: 2,514 people in the United States had the surname Kehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kehl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kehl?: Maria Rita Kehl, Brazilian writer, poet and literary critic.
Where is the surname Kehl most common?: Wikidata records people named Kehl in Brazil.
Is the surname Kehl getting more or less common?: More common. 2,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 2.0%.