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Family name Kiel (Kiel , Kill , 基尔 ) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The family name Kiel is characteristic of Vanuatu, where it is quite a common surname, Luxembourg, and Germany, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Kiel is the forename as well as the last name.