The Kuehl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,918 people carried this name — #6,847 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,970 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kuehl surname

German surname Kühl, see Kuhl.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kuehl» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Kuehl in American newspapers,
1900–1919.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Kuehl
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-04-04
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Kuehl
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-12-21
Newspaper page from The Herald-advance carrying the name Kuehl
The Herald-advance 1906-05-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,021 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kuehl in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kuehl. The most, 11, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 27
Queensland 6
ACT (Canberra) 2
Victoria 2

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

Who carried it

People named Kuehl,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gotthardt Kuehl
    Gotthardt Kuehl 1850–1915 · painter
  • Roger Kuehl 1901–
  • Warren F. Kuehl 1924–1987 · historian
  • Cathleen B. Kuehl 1946–2022

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kuehl,
in the records of 4 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 States1,268 records

1,268 records of the Kuehl name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 927
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 121
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 76
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 63
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Benjamin W. Kuehl

    Born 1910 in Oregon. Enlisted 1944 at Portland; driver from Clackamas County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Belgravia from Cuxhaven, aged 45; housekeeper. From New York, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Paul David Kuehl

    Born 1948; from Hartford, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, military police; died in an accident 1968 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,268 records for Kuehl in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Kuehl 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 Roger Jean Baptiste Kuehl

    Born 1901 in Paris; died 1979 in Pontoise (Val-d'Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Charles Frederic Fernand Kuehl

    Born 1903 in Paris; died 2000 in Limeil-Brévannes (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Kuehl name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johannes Kuehl

    From Apsern, Pinneberg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 23 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Kuehl

    Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 30 January 1915.

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

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

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Kuehl name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Kuehl

    Died 1911 in Loosduinen, aged 32.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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