# Kille (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kille/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 558 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,419 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 553,307 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (491 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Kill. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Kille, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare the Old Norse name Kíli. * As a German surname, borrowed from German Kille, a variant of Kilian.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kille in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Similar surnames

Kelley, Kiley, Kile, Kiel, Killough, Kill, Kil, Kelly, Kyle, Kohl, Keel, Keil.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.