Kül Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Kül Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kül Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kul (30,343), Kůl (5) & Kúl (2) are calculated separately.

Kül Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kül occurs most in Switzerland. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kul, Kůl or Kúl. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kül? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kül is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Kül are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Kül is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 373,314. In Switzerland Kül is most common in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 77 percent are found, Canton of Basel-Stadt, where 14 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland Kül exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 20 percent are found and Germany, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kul8930,343/
Kůl895/
Kúl892/
Kühl8618,348/
Küll86291/
Külp8614/
Khül861/
Kl801,064/
Külpp7524/
Kol67203,942/
Kil6743,833/
Kel677,980/
Klh67595/
Khl67183/
Kyl67177/
Kól6714/
Köl6711/
Kkl6710/
Hkl679/
Qkl677/
Kcl676/
Kql675/
Kél675/
Ckl675/
Gkl674/
Kll672/
Kıl672/

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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 Kül
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