Kaleel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant spelling of Khalil

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Kaleel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 825K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 50K
  • JOJordan≈1 in 57K

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)

403 people, 2010

Sources
165 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

variant spelling of Khalil.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kaleel 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 Kaleel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4031 in 825K418Kaleel165
SA Saudi Arabia≈240 est.≈1 in 143K—Kaleel15
JO Jordan≈190 est.≈1 in 57K—Kaleel5
EG Egypt≈130 est.≈1 in 776K—Kaleel7
IQ Iraq≈130 est.≈1 in 292K—Kaleel7
AE United Arab Emirates≈100 est.≈1 in 98K—Kaleel6
KW Kuwait≈33 est.≈1 in 91K—Kaleel3
GY Guyana151 in 50K15—1

403 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Kaleel,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Kaleel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010403#51,610
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020376#58,307
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000354#54,522
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 2025202515#610
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 Kaleel mean, and where does it come from?
variant spelling of Khalil. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kaleel?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkæɫiɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kaleel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 403 people named Kaleel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kaleel.
Where is Kaleel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kaleel is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 50 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kaleel?
In the United States, the national register counted 403 people named Kaleel in 2010, about 1 in 825 thousand residents.

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The 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, “Kaleel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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