Kahil is used as a family name or surname in Lebanon. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kahil
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Lebanon
Meaning: Name Arab person (Kahil) in principle bound to antimony black, or kohl, and more generally to the color black. It seems to designate one who has very dark eyes. Names like Kahlat or Kahloul have the same root. The latter also wrote Cahloul and often worn by Sephardic Jews, could have the meaning of "swarthy".

How popular is Kahil?

Kahil is common in Lebanon.

Kahil is ranked 39924 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kahil bearers increased by 2.702703 per cent in 2010 US census to 114 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6479 spots and ranked at 145220. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.09 85.59
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.89 0
Kahil is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 12253 people have been found who wears Kahil as their family name. Kahil is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
567,967 Indonesia6
318,252 Ukraine6
1,922 Libya3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
50,640 Switzerland2
13,552 Qatar2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,421 Gabon2
118,441 Germany2
4,302 Benin2
65,594 Belgium2
26,123 Malaysia2
91,784 Netherlands2
120,357 Argentina1
107,212 South Africa1
897,276 Russia1
38,063 Mauritania1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
49,101 Denmark1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
18,969 Wales1
19,533 Uruguay1
29,595 Iran1
6,967 Macedonia1
14,644 Tunisia1
3,952 Yemen1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
58,491 Australia32
62,267 Spain27
514,808 India14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
47,891 England81
92,589 Brazil79
43,335 Canada73
Countries with hundreds of Kahil:
25,252 Philippines516
7,314 Saudi Arabia462
22,264 France441
17,557 Turkey349
14,898 Morocco336
1,446 Kuwait261
4,616 United Arab Emirates214
130,153 United States162
5,943 Ecuador115
Countries with thousands of Kahil:
2,673 Egypt3,064
1,196 Syria2,939
4,279 Algeria1,607
603 Lebanon1,338
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Kahil Namesakes

  • Tal Kahila, Soccer player
  • Tal Kahila, Soccer player
  • Timo Kahilainen, Actor
  • Timo Kahilainen, Actor
  • Abdallah Kahil, Author
  • Heikki Kahila, Actor
  • Tal Kahila, Soccer player
  • Pia Kahila, Heikki Kahila's wife
  • Kerttu Kahila, Heikki Kahila's wife

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