Kühl Surname

29,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kühl Surname User-submission:

This is a German surname, denoting a dweller by the cold, or a cold-hearted man. It is derived from the word kühl, meaning 'cool' or 'cold'.

Kühl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany17,6521:4,561532
Denmark3021:18,6911,840
Poland1331:285,78034,483
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
Switzerland451:182,50916,410
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Kûhl (1) are calculated separately.

Kühl (21) may also be a first name.

Kühl Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, denoting a dweller by the cold, or a cold-hearted man. It is derived from the word kühl, meaning 'cool' or 'cold'.

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Kühl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kühl occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kûhl. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kühl? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 29,249th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 397,185 people. The last name Kühl is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kühl are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kühl is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 21 people.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 17,652 people, or 1 in 4,561. In Germany it is mostly found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 37 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 2 percent are found and Poland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kûhl921/
Khl86183/
Kül8641/
Kehl7514,769/
Köhl754,513/
Kihl751,372/
Kyhl75657/
Küll75291/
Køhl7556/
Kähl7538/
Kåhl7523/
Külp7514/
Hkhl756/
Khlt751/
Khlh751/
Ckhl751/
Khll751/
Kühlová734/
Kuehl678,391/
Kiehl676,474/
Koehl673,740/
Kl671,064/
Keehl67219/
Keuhl6796/
Kaehl6731/
Külpp6724/
Kehll6719/
Kuuhl672/
Kuihl671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kühl
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