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    The surname Kille

    A German surname, carried by 558 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K400

    Kille: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kille #39,419, 558 people Kille: #39,419 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kille #39,419, 558 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kille is more common than 75.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * 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.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 558 people named Kille in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 491.

    #39,419
    rank among US surnames
    558
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #41,722)

    Who is named Kille

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

    91% of people named Kille identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kille

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kille come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Kille?
    558 people in the United States had the surname Kille in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 553,307 Americans. It ranked 39,419th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kille?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kille identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kille getting more or less common?
    More common. 491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 558 in 2010, up 14%.