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    The surname Keil

    A surname, carried by 6,603 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K400

    Keil: #5,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keil #5,278, 6,603 people Keil: #5,278 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keil #5,278, 6,603 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keil is more common than 96.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,603 people named Keil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,758 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,042.

    #5,278
    rank among US surnames
    6,603
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31%
    change since 2000 (was #6,240)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,269Cowell6,61846,652
    #5,270Novotny6,61746,659
    #5,271Viola6,61646,666
    #5,273Vollmer6,61446,681
    #5,274Burchfield6,61246,695
    #5,275Marchand6,61046,709
    #5,277Heiser6,60646,737

    Who is named Keil

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

    92% of people named Keil identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keil

    Keil 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 Keil?
    6,603 people in the United States had the surname Keil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,758 Americans. It ranked 5,278th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keil?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Keil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Keil getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,603 in 2010, up 31%.