Köhl Surname
Approximately 4,513 people bear this surname
Köhl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,120 | 1:19,540 | 2,578 |
| Austria | 150 | 1:56,770 | 8,881 |
| Sweden | 115 | 1:85,624 | 6,323 |
| Switzerland | 92 | 1:89,271 | 9,885 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Köhl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Köhl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Köhl is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Köhl.
How Common Is The Last Name Köhl? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 104,055th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,614,790 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Köhl live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Köhl is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 4,120 people, or 1 in 19,540. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside, Hesse, where 18 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khl | 86 | 183 | / |
| Köl | 86 | 11 | / |
| Kühl | 75 | 18,348 | / |
| Kehl | 75 | 14,769 | / |
| Köll | 75 | 1,597 | / |
| Kihl | 75 | 1,372 | / |
| Kyhl | 75 | 657 | / |
| Køhl | 75 | 56 | / |
| Kähl | 75 | 38 | / |
| Köld | 75 | 32 | / |
| Kåhl | 75 | 23 | / |
| Hkhl | 75 | 6 | / |
| Khlt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khlh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ckhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khll | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kûhl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuehl | 67 | 8,391 | / |
| Kiehl | 67 | 6,474 | / |
| Koehl | 67 | 3,740 | / |
| Kl | 67 | 1,064 | / |
| Köllő | 67 | 473 | / |
| Költő | 67 | 243 | / |
| Keehl | 67 | 219 | / |
| Keuhl | 67 | 96 | / |
| Kaehl | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kehll | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kuuhl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kölhì | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuihl | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Köhl
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