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    The surname Kuehl

    A surname, carried by 4,918 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K400

    Kuehl: #6,847 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kuehl #6,847, 4,918 people Kuehl: #6,847 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kuehl #6,847, 4,918 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuehl is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    German surname Kühl, see Kuhl.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,918 people named Kuehl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,779 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,970.

    #6,847
    rank among US surnames
    4,918
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #6,310)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,838Fast4,92962,639
    #6,839Takahashi4,92862,651
    #6,840Hovey4,92762,664
    #6,842Engelhardt4,92462,702
    #6,843Torgerson4,92362,715
    #6,845Bannon4,92162,740
    #6,846Bürg4,91962,766

    Who is named Kuehl

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

    97% of people named Kuehl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kuehls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sheila Kuehl
      American actor and politician, born 1941

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kuehl

    Kuehl 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 Kuehl come from?
    German surname Kühl, see Kuhl.
    How common is the surname Kuehl?
    4,918 people in the United States had the surname Kuehl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,779 Americans. It ranked 6,847th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kuehl?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kuehl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kuehl?
    Sheila Kuehl, American actor and politician.
    Where is the surname Kuehl most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kuehl in the United States.
    Is the surname Kuehl getting more or less common?
    Less common. 4,970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,918 in 2010, down 1.0%.