Kahls Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Kahls Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Kahls Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahls Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahls occurs most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahls? popularity and diffusion
Kahls is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kahls live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 63 percent reside, Saxony, where 24 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 3 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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Kahls Reference & Research
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kahls
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