Kivel Surname

366,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 983 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Kivel Surname Definition:

(from a place name) or (from the name of a male ancestor) Either from Kiwile, the name of several villages in Lithuania, or a nickname for Akiva.

Kivel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4491:807,25862,140
Belarus1861:51,0818,731
Brazil1371:1,562,58651,889
Russia721:2,001,709124,796
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
England291:1,921,31276,208
Moldova241:148,39015,621
Italy191:3,218,773100,309
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
France41:16,605,680368,153
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Kivel (14) may also be a first name.

Kivel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from a place name) or (from the name of a male ancestor) Either from Kiwile, the name of several villages in Lithuania, or a nickname for Akiva.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Kivel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kivel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kivel (Russian: Кивель) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kivel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kivel is the 366,594th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,413,577 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Kivel are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held given name in the world It is held by 14 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 807,258. In The United States it is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 20 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and New York, where 13 percent live. Aside from The United States Kivel exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 14 percent live.

Kivel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kivel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kivel surname increased 898 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 19 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kivel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Kivel last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States Kivel are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Kivel earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.49% more than the national average, earning $48,107 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kivell91965/
Kievel91278/
Kivele91105/
Keivel9144/
Kiveal9132/
Kitvel9120/
Kivelæ9113/
Kaivel913/
Kivelle834/
Kievell831/
Keivell830/
Civel80933/
Kuvel80661/
Kivil8094/
Kyvel8054/
Kevel8048/
Kivelova776/
Kittvell771/
Kiwele7315,893/
Chivel73627/
Keevel7363/
Kevele7361/
Caivel7322/
Ketvel7321/
Civell7313/
Quivel735/
Kevell735/
Khevel733/
Kuivil731/
Kyvele731/
Kivhil731/
Civeal731/
Kivill730/
Kihwele676,196/
Chivell67609/
Kiwhele6757/
Ketvell6734/
Kievill677/
Kiwelle673/
Keshvel672/
Kivlova671/
Khevele671/
Khejvel671/
Keeviel671/
Kivaile671/
Kevelle671/

Kivel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kivel in the Russian language
Кивельkivel-

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