Kiel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kiel
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Derived from the town of Kiel, in Lower Saxony

How popular is Kiel?

Kiel is common in United States.

Kiel is ranked 27979 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kiels grew by 17.56911 per cent to 5146 since 2000 and ranked 6583 after elevating 466 spots. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.02 89.38
Black 7.77 7.4
Hispanic or Latino 2.22 0.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.69 1.01
Others 0.93 0.94
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37 0.32
Kiel is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Vanuatu is ahead in terms of density. Around 18061 people have been found who wears Kiel as their family name. Kiel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,605 Austria3
78,945 Argentina3
15,749 Finland3
108,034 Italy3
9,185 Hong Kong2
19,046 Ireland2
41,879 Turkey2
2,794 El Salvador2
20,595 China2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
4,104 South Korea2
1,500,361 India2
18,718 Thailand2
6,353 Panama2
26,532 Chile2
10,211 Bulgaria2
405 British Virgin Islands2
31,584 Peru1
3,350 Fiji1
9,116 Nicaragua1
123,175 Tanzania1
37,779 Serbia1
28,746 Algeria1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
42,479 Greece1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
971 Seychelles1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
4,435 Togo1
492,292 Ukraine1
19,533 Uruguay1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
12,692 Scotland33
20,103 Norway33
282,307 Russia27
42,407 Sweden22
3,664 Costa Rica16
91,381 Spain12
7,643 Trinidad and Tobago11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
119,047 Indonesia64
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Kiel:
14,496 Brazil922
3,847 Netherlands673
1,020 Denmark526
27,752 Philippines451
15,860 Poland382
8,008 Australia357
12,518 Mexico340
89 Vanuatu294
16,464 Canada224
23,245 England215
57,437 France171
7,679 Israel141
7,143 New Zealand102
Countries with thousands of Kiel:
1,073 Germany6,960
6,597 United States5,850
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jos. Kiel worked as child and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 9 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on January 31, 1849. Elizabeth Kiel (12) Immigrant, are other Kiel that migrated to US.

Kiel Namesakes

  • Aleta Kiel, Gunner Kiel's mother
  • Alexander Kielland, Writer
  • Edith Kiel, Film producer
  • Kim Kielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
  • Arjan Kiel, Musical Artist
  • Walter Kielholz, Business person
  • Axel Kielland, Journalist
  • Richard Kiel, Actor
  • BartÅ‚omiej Kielar, Musical artist
  • Leopold Kielholz, Soccer player

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