Kuhlen Surname
Approximately 1,801 people bear this surname
Kuhlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,616 | 1:49,818 | 6,497 |
| United States | 123 | 1:2,946,821 | 172,836 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Kühlen (186) are calculated separately.
Kuhlen (18) may also be a first name.
Kuhlen Demographics
Average Kuhlen Salary in
United States
$40,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kuhlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuhlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuhlen (Oriya: କୁେହନ) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Kühlen. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuhlen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kuhlen is the 225,618th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,046,389 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Kuhlen are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
The surname Kuhlen is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 1,616 people, or 1 in 49,818. In Germany Kuhlen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent are found. Beside Germany Kuhlen occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
Kuhlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kuhlen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kuhlen surname expanded 2,460 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kuhlen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kuhlen are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Kuhlen earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.2% less than the national average, earning $31,698 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuhlen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuhlen in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେହନ | kuehana | - |
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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
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- 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 Kuhlen
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