The Kiehl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,902 people carried this name — #15,406 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 156,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,814 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 400 people named Kiehl.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
47 people named Kiehl have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 85 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Kiehl live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Kiehl in American newspapers,
1903–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,645 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kiehl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hendrik Geerhardt Kiehl 1815–1895 · actor -
Heinrich Kiehl 1842–1910 · mathematician -
August Kiehl 1854–1938 · screenwriter -
H. Ambrose Kiehl 1865–1942 · photographer -
Louisa Jean Kiehl d. 1917
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Reinhold Kiehl 1874–1913 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kiehl.
- Khayat 405 · U.S. census
- Khoury 5,753 · U.S. census
- Kibler 5,849 · U.S. census
- Kiefer 11,141 · U.S. census
- Kieffer 6,656 · U.S. census
- Kieger 138 · U.S. census
- Kielbasa 599 · U.S. census
- Kien 600 · U.S. census
- Kiene 356 · U.S. census
- Kiener 346 · U.S. census
- Kienlen 262 · U.S. census
- Kientz 414 · U.S. census
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