The Kiel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,146 people carried this name — #6,583 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 18% from 4,377 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

368 people named Kiel have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 459 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 98
Greater Poland 95
Lower Silesian 53
Pomeranian 37
Opole 30
West Pomeranian 23
Lubusz 11
Łódź 9

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

24 people named Kiel live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 10
Lucerne 6
Aargau 4
Neuchâtel 4

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 the Nordic population registers

63 people named Kiel is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 63

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).

In print

Kiel in American newspapers,
1870–1918.

Newspaper page from Helena Weekly Herald carrying the name Kiel
Helena Weekly Herald 1885-11-19
Newspaper page from The Republican Journal carrying the name Kiel
The Republican Journal 1870-09-01
Newspaper page from New Iberia Enterprise And Independent Observer carrying the name Kiel
New Iberia Enterprise And Independent Observer 1918-11-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 189,975 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kiel in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

4,905 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kiel. The most, 885, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,393
New South Wales 1,222
Queensland 536
South Australia 468
Tasmania 147
Western Australia 112
ACT (Canberra) 13
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kiel.

Who carried it

People named Kiel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ludwig Carinus
    Ludwig Carinus 1480–1569 · physician
  • Ludwig Carinus
    Ludwig Carinus 1496–1569 · physician
  • Mary Evelyn Kiel d. 1986
  • Tobias Kiel 1584–1627 · writer
  • Elias Kiel 1594–1661 · pastor
  • Rombout van Kiel 1685–1739 · dean

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kiel,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States770 records

770 records of the Kiel name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 340
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 160
  • Other U.S. records 270
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul A. Kiel

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; policeman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hubert A. Kiel

    Born 1925 in Iowa. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; farmer from Fayette County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Lima Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Tekla Kiel

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1846 aboard the Meta from Bremen, aged 54; farmer. From Hanover, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 770 records for Kiel in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands3,009 records

3,009 records of the Kiel name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2,100
  • Dutch population registers 774
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 135
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Nantje Freerks Kiel

    Married in 1827 in Beerta; maidservant, born 1803 in Finsterwolde. Died 1855 in Finsterwolde, aged 51.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adriaan Kiel

    Married in 1840 in Terneuzen; day labourer. Died 1856 in Terneuzen, aged 45; workman.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Giesselina Kiel

    Married in 1861 in Zuidlaren; maidservant. Died 1912 in Kleinemeer (Sappemeer), aged 76.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 3,009 records for Kiel in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany662 records

662 records of the Kiel name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 660
  • German applications to settle and marry 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Kiel

    Born 1883; from Remscheid. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 30 October 1915; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 2 December 1915; then listed as returned from captivity in the list of 2 January 1917 (Infantry Regiment No. 53).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Josef Kiel

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Aholming in 1832.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Kiel

    Born 1895; from Berlin. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 3 January 1917; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 28 February 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 662 records for Kiel in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia99 records

99 records of the Kiel name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 41
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 32
  • Other Australian records 26
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rob Kiel

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Mooresfort, aged 22; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Arthur E. Kiel

    Enlisted in 1915. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Lewis R. Kiel

    Farmer of Buln Buln East, Victoria; died 1951.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 99 records for Kiel in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Norway24 records

24 records of the Kiel name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Gunhild Kiel

    Census of 1910: Fæstningsgate, Trondhjem; telephone operator, born 1878 in Trondhjem.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Helmer Kiel

    Census of 1910: Kiil, Gravvik; farmer and fisherman, born 1853 in Gravvik.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Theodor Kiel

    Census of 1910: Høvik glasverk og lampefabrik Gutteboligen, Bærum; "glassorterer", born 1888 in Råde.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Kiel in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Kiel name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Other Canadian records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Kiel

    Died 1993; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Christian Kiel

    Died 1932; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 2 of 7 records for Kiel in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Kiel name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Helen Kiel

    Buried in 1918 at Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 56.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Kiel

    York and Lancaster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Kiel name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Germaine Andree Kiel

    Born 1899 in Châtelguyon (Puy-de-Dôme); died 1973 in Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Kiel in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Belgium2 records

2 records of the Kiel name in Belgium Belgian population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Aldegonde Kiel

    In the population register of Aalst; of private means, born 1772 in Bruxelles.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Kiel in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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