# Kohl (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,303 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,806 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,188 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (9,041 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Kohl (“cabbage”). Compare Koehl, Cole, Coll, Kail, Kale.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kohl 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kohl in the United States, Austria and Brazil.

## People named Kohl

- Herb Kohl, American politician (1935–2023)
- Helmut Kohl, Austrian football referee (1943-1991)
- Jaime Pedro Kohl, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
- Franz Friedrich Kohl, Austrian entomologist (1851-1924)
- Ashlyn Sanchez, American actress

## Similar surnames

Kuhl, Kahl, Kehl, Kohli, Koehl, Kole, Koll, Kowal, Kelly, Kelley, Kyle, Keel.

## 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.