Kuehl
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkʊɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kuehl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: see Kuhl.
- DEGermany≈1 in 10Kas Kühl(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 42Kas Kuhl
- USUnited States1 in 57Kas Kuhl
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kuehl itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 325 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,900 named Kühl, est.
Highest-authority source
Hungary, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kuhl in US United States, CA Canada, IE Ireland and 2 more and Kühl in DE Germany, DK Denmark.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
see Kuhl.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kuehl 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #318 | ≈7,900 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Kühl | 139 |
| US United States | — | 5,872as Kuhl | 1 in 57K | 5.9K | Kuhl | 325 |
| BR Brazil | — | 2,254as Kuhl | 1 in 94K | 2.3K | — | 2 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 299K | — | Kuhl | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Kuhl | 79 |
| HU Hungary | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Kuhl | 17 |
| DK Denmark | — | 271as Kühl | 1 in 22K | 271 | Kühl | 36 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Kuhl | 9 |
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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gotthardt Kuehlb. 1850DEGerman painter (1850–1915)
- Warren F. Kuehlb. 1924historian (1924-1987)
- Sheila Kuehlb. 1941USAmerican actor and politician
- Ryan Kuehlb. 1972USAmerican football player
- Michael Kuehlb. 1987DEGerman actor
- Jennifer V Kuehlresearcher
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 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5K | #6,310 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.9K | #6,847 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.8K | #6,692 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 261 | #29,607 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- How do you pronounce Kuehl?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkʊɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Kuehl mean?
- Recorded meaning: see Kuhl.
- In which country does Kuehl have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Kühl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kuehl?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,872 people named Kuhl in 2010, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.
- How common is Kuehl compared with other names?
- In Germany, Kuehl is the 318th most common surname of 765,306 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/kuehlThe 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, “Kuehl” — the 318th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.