Juhl
surname · Latin script
Meaning: in North Germany, an adoption of the Danish surname; elsewhere a nickname or topographic name from a Slavic stem gol ‘naked’, ‘barren’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdʒəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Juhl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 79th most common surname.
- DKDenmark1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 89K
- USUnited States1 in 153K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Denmark (measured from records)
- Sources
- 253 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
3,614 people
Highest-authority source
Denmark
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
in North Germany, an adoption of the Danish surname; elsewhere a nickname or topographic name from a Slavic stem gol ‘naked’, ‘barren’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Juhl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | #79 | 3,614 | 1 in 1.6K | 3.6K | Juhl | 131 |
| US United States | — | 2,177 | 1 in 153K | 2.2K | Juhl | 253 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈900 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Juhl | 78 |
| CN China | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 5.8M | — | Juhl | 4 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 204K | — | Juhl | 21 |
| SE Sweden | — | 155 | 1 in 66K | 155 | Juhl | 17 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 100K | — | Juhl | 2 |
| NO Norway | — | 36 | 1 in 152K | 36 | Juhl | 11 |
3,614 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Juhl is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
nickname for someone who was bom on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year, from Old Norse jol. This was originally the name of a pagan midwinter festival, which was later appropriated by the Christian Church for celebration of the birth of Christ.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eduard Juhlb. 1884DEGerman pastor (1884–1975)
- Einar Juhlb. 1896DKDanish actor (1896–1982)
- Christian Juhlb. 1898DKDanish gymnast (1898-1962)
- Finn Juhlb. 1912DKDanish architect and industrial designer (1912-1989)
- Jerry Juhlb. 1938USAmerican screenwriter (1938–2005)
- Erik Juhlb. 1939DKDanish physician
- Marianne Juhlb. 1943DKDanish author and literary critic
- Morten Kjems Juhlb. 1976film producer (born 1976)
- Kamilla Rytter Juhlb. 1983DKDanish badminton player
- Jana Diaz Juhlfilm producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3.6K | #100 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.2K | #13,874 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.1K | #13,194 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,768 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 155 | #5,091 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 36 | #31,331 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Juhl mean, and where does it come from?
- in North Germany, an adoption of the Danish surname; elsewhere a nickname or topographic name from a Slavic stem gol ‘naked’, ‘barren’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Juhl?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Juhl have the most bearers?
- In Denmark, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Juhl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled juhl.
- Where is Juhl most common?
- Juhl is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Juhl?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 3,614 people named Juhl, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Juhl compared with other names?
- In Denmark, Juhl is the 79th most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/juhlThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Juhl” — the 79th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.