Kahale

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kəheɪɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kahale is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ka (“the”) + hale (“house”). Often a short form of compound names beginning thus.

rarermore common
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 56K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ZMZambia≈1 in 132K
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 189K

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.

United States (measured from records)

161 people, 2010

Sources
28 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 56K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

ka (“the”) + hale (“house”). Often a short form of compound names beginning thus.

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kahale 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.

Where Kahale is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1611 in 2.1M192Kahale17
ZM Zambia≈130 est.≈1 in 132K1——
LB Lebanon≈97 est.≈1 in 56K—Kahale5
SY Syria≈74 est.≈1 in 260K—Kahale9
AE United Arab Emirates≈53 est.≈1 in 189K—Kahale17
AR Argentina451 in 1M45——

161 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kahale is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kahalé

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kahalê, Kahalé

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Lebanon, Canada

    Also written Kahalé

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kahalé, Kahāḷe

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kahale 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.

  • In Hawaiian, a male or (less commonly today) female given name from Hawaiian

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय Kahale जी,Respected Kahale ji, (English)
Informalआदरणीय Kahale जी,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Kahale
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020192#100,469
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010161#109,758
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000153#107,565
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—45—
ZM ZambiaECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results20211#42
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Kahale mean, and where does it come from?
ka (“the”) + hale (“house”). Often a short form of compound names beginning thus. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Kahale?
A machine transcription gives /kəheɪɫ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Kahale have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 161 people named Kahale, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kahale.
How common is the name Kahale?
In the United States, the national register counted 161 people named Kahale in 2010, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.

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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, “Kahale”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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