The Khalil surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,983 people carried this name — #5,024 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,200 people counted. That is up 53% from 4,578 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
779 people named Khalil live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 582 people named Khalil live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 138 people named Khalil.
Most of them — 110 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Val-d’Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 101 people named Khalil live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
76 people named Khalil have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 248 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
2,756 people named Khalil are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Khalil in American newspapers,
1847–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,642 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Khalil,
with a public archive behind them.
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Al-Ashraf Khalil 1263–1293 · ruler -
Kazem al-Khalil 1901–1990 · judge -
Mustafa Khalil 1920–2008 · engineer -
Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel 1921–2022 · military personnel -
Samir Khalil Samir 1938– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 110 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Khalil.
- Keusch 320 · U.S. census
- Kevorkian 681 · U.S. census
- Keyser 7,978 · U.S. census
- Khaled 731 · U.S. census
- Khalid 3,046 · U.S. census
- Khalifa 999 · U.S. census
- Khan 76,171 · U.S. census
- Khatchadourian 232 · U.S. census
- Khayat 405 · U.S. census
- Khoury 5,753 · U.S. census
- Kibler 5,849 · U.S. census
- Kiefer 11,141 · U.S. census
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