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    The surname Kuhlman

    A surname, carried by 6,078 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K455

    Kuhlman: #5,705 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kuhlman #5,705, 6,078 people Kuhlman: #5,705 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kuhlman #5,705, 6,078 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuhlman is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,078 people named Kuhlman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,797 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,037.

    #5,705
    rank among US surnames
    6,078
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,310)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,697Chaudhry6,08450,747
    #5,700Berndt6,08150,772
    #5,702Strickler6,07950,789
    #5,705Kuhlman6,07850,797
    #5,707Hilbert6,07750,806
    #5,708Mayers6,07650,814
    #5,709Paschal6,07550,822

    Who is named Kuhlman

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

    96% of people named Kuhlman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kuhlmans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kathryn Kuhlman
      American faith healer (1907–1976)
    • Karson Kuhlman
      American ice hockey player, born 1995

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kuhlman

    Kuhlman has the Soundex code K455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K455.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kuhlman?
    6,078 people in the United States had the surname Kuhlman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,797 Americans. It ranked 5,705th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kuhlman?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kuhlman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kuhlman?
    Kathryn Kuhlman, American faith healer (1907–1976), followed by Karson Kuhlman.
    Where is the surname Kuhlman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kuhlman in the United States.
    Is the surname Kuhlman getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,078 in 2010, up 0.7%.