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    The surname Kil

    A Yiddish surname, carried by 710 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K400

    Kil: #32,396 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kil #32,396, 710 people Kil: #32,396 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kil #32,396, 710 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kil is more common than 80% of them.

    Origin

    Yiddish origin

    * As a Korean surname, from 길 (gil). * As a Jewish surname, probably from Yiddish קיל (kil).

    One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 710 people named Kil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 434,853 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 608.

    #32,396
    rank among US surnames
    710
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.8%
    change since 2000 (was #35,106)

    Who is named Kil

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

    82% of people named Kil identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kil

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

    Other Yiddish surnames

    All 31 Yiddish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kil come from?
    * As a Korean surname, from 길 (gil). * As a Jewish surname, probably from Yiddish קיל (kil).
    How common is the surname Kil?
    710 people in the United States had the surname Kil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 434,853 Americans. It ranked 32,396th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kil?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Kil identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kil getting more or less common?
    More common. 608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 710 in 2010, up 17%.