Kiessling
surname · Latin script
Meaning: lived in an area of gravelly soil, from MHG kiselinc gravel (a deriv
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkisɫɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kiessling is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- CLChile
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
lived in an area of gravelly soil, from MHG kiselinc gravel (a deriv. of OHG kisil pebble, gravel (see Kiesel), with the addition of the Gmc suffix -ing). There are various minor places named with this word, and the surname may also be
Sources 1
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Adolf Kiesslingb. 1837DEGerman classical philologist (1837-1893)
- Günter Kießlingb. 1925DEnot in their usual nameGerman general (1925-2009)
- Wolfgang Kießlingb. 1929DEnot in their usual nameGerman historian and university professor (1929-1999)
- Ann A. Kiesslingb. 1942USAmerican reproductive biologist involved in stem cell research
- Udo Kiesslingb. 1955DEice hockey player
- Laura Lee Kiesslingb. 1960USAmerican chemist
- Rebecca Kiesslingb. 1969USanti-abortion activist and attorney
- Michael Kießlingb. 1973DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (CSU)
- Tino Kießlingb. 1981DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor and voice actor
- Stefan Kießlingb. 1984DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player
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 21 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 951 | #25,865 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 895 | #28,366 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 835 | #27,235 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 56 | #11,595 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 33 | #32,253 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 22 | #78,990 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 22 | #78,058 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 21 | #35,283 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 20 | #23,745 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 16 | #60,291 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 5 | #78,139 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Kiessling come from?
- lived in an area of gravelly soil, from MHG kiselinc gravel (a deriv. of OHG kisil pebble, gravel (see Kiesel), with the addition of the Gmc suffix -ing). Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Kiessling?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkisɫɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kiessling mean?
- Recorded meaning: lived in an area of gravelly soil, from MHG kiselinc gravel (a deriv.
- In which country does Kiessling have the most bearers?
- Kiessling is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kiesslingThe 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
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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, “Kiessling”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.