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    The surname Koehl

    A surname, carried by 1,570 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K400

    Koehl: #17,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Koehl #17,823, 1,570 people Koehl: #17,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Koehl #17,823, 1,570 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koehl is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    # South German and Alemannic German surname, variant of Kuehl. # North German surname, variant of Kohl.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,570 people named Koehl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,368.

    #17,823
    rank among US surnames
    1,570
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,588)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,818Majka1,571196,528
    #17,823Fiorillo1,570196,653

    Who is named Koehl

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

    94% of people named Koehl identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Koehls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matt Koehl
      American neo-Nazi politician and marine (1935-2014)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Koehl

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Koehl come from?
    # South German and Alemannic German surname, variant of Kuehl. # North German surname, variant of Kohl.
    How common is the surname Koehl?
    1,570 people in the United States had the surname Koehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,653 Americans. It ranked 17,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koehl?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Koehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Koehl?
    Matt Koehl, American neo-Nazi politician and marine (1935-2014).
    Where is the surname Koehl most common?
    Wikidata records people named Koehl in the United States.
    Is the surname Koehl getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,570 in 2010, up 15%.