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    The surname Kiehl

    A surname, carried by 1,902 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K400

    Kiehl: #15,406 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kiehl #15,406, 1,902 people Kiehl: #15,406 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kiehl #15,406, 1,902 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiehl is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,902 people named Kiehl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,327 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,814.

    #15,406
    rank among US surnames
    1,902
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,951)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,397Ake1,904162,156
    #15,402Frew1,903162,241
    #15,406Delfin1,902162,327
    #15,409McQueary1,901162,412

    Who is named Kiehl

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

    96% of people named Kiehl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kiehl

    Kiehl 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 Kiehl?
    1,902 people in the United States had the surname Kiehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,327 Americans. It ranked 15,406th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kiehl?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kiehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kiehl getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,814 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,902 in 2010, up 4.9%.