# Kole (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kole/  
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) | 1,376 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,602 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 224,379 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (1,311 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The surname is an anglicization of German Kohl. The given name is a modern spelling variant of Cole.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kole 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kole in the United States.

## People named Kole

- Warren Kole, American actor

## Similar surnames

Kyle, Kohl, Kile, Kale, Klee, Kohli, Koehl, Koll, Kelly, Kelley, Keel, Kiley.

## 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.