How common is the surname Kohl?

9,303 people in the United States had the surname Kohl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,188 Americans. It ranked 3,806th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kohl?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kohl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kohl?

Herb Kohl, American politician (1935–2023), followed by Helmut Kohl.

Where is the surname Kohl most common?

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

Is the surname Kohl getting more or less common?

More common. 9,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,303 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Kohl

A German surname, carried by 9,303 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kohl is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 9,303 people named Kohl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,188 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,041.

#3,806

rank among US surnames

9,303

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,614)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,797	Seal	9,316	33,141
#3,798	Roby	9,315	33,145
#3,799	Ripley	9,314	33,149
#3,800	Palomino	9,313	33,152
#3,801	McWhorter	9,312	33,156
#3,802	Harry	9,311	33,159
#3,804	Jurado	9,309	33,166

Who is named Kohl

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

95% of people named Kohl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kohls

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herb Kohl
American politician (1935–2023)
Helmut Kohl
Austrian football referee (1943-1991)
Jaime Pedro Kohl
Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop, born 1954
Franz Friedrich Kohl
Austrian entomologist (1851-1924)
Ashlyn Sanchez
American actress, born 1996

Notable Kohls come mostly from the United States (2), Austria (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kohl

Kohl 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 Kohl come from?: From the German surname, from Kohl (“cabbage”). Compare Koehl, Cole, Coll, Kail, Kale.
How common is the surname Kohl?: 9,303 people in the United States had the surname Kohl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,188 Americans. It ranked 3,806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kohl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kohl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kohl?: Herb Kohl, American politician (1935–2023), followed by Helmut Kohl.
Where is the surname Kohl most common?: Wikidata records people named Kohl in the United States, Austria and Brazil.
Is the surname Kohl getting more or less common?: More common. 9,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,303 in 2010, up 2.9%.