Kil is used as a family name or surname in South Korea. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kil
No. of characters: 3
Origin: South Korea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kil

How popular is Kil?

Kil is common in South Korea.

Kil is ranked 24173 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kils grew by 16.77632 per cent to 710 since 2000 and ranked 32396 after elevating 2710 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
81.55 80.1
White 14.93 13.98
Others 1.55 3.45
Black 1.41 1.81
Kil is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Korea which signifies that it is originated from South Korea. Around 21238 people have been found who wears Kil as their family name. Kil is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
34,406 Moldova10
497,106 Indonesia8
8,582 Japan6
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
32,086 Mexico3
30,723 Georgia3
7,683 Latvia3
25,074 Greece3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
54,641 Sweden2
10,858 Tunisia2
82,478 South Africa2
12,844 Pakistan2
124,220 Italy2
34,681 Norway2
19,046 Ireland2
95,312 Argentina2
28,232 Morocco2
10,183 Jordan2
20,186 Kenya2
49,529 Israel1
9,498 Iceland1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
4,249 Cambodia1
2,190 Barbados1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
11,510 Oman1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
7,292 Vietnam1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
16,283 Lithuania1
11,831 Tajikistan1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
6,212 Jamaica1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,427 Australia48
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
43,019 Belarus25
26,722 New Zealand14
89,048 Spain13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,440 Belgium74
50,757 Canada60
64,420 England54
Countries with hundreds of Kil:
31,168 United States944
16,559 Brazil795
6,436 Netherlands430
63,796 India426
17,922 Poland334
34,330 Germany303
23,250 Ukraine238
50,564 France196
18,175 Kazakhstan143
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Kil:
13,877 Russia1,261
7,131 Turkey1,153
Countries with ten thousands of Kil:
125 South Korea14,470
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Kil Namesakes

  • Abdelfattah Kilito, Writer
  • Abderrazak Kilani, Tunisian Politician
  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Karl Kilbom, Politician
  • Adam Killian, Pornographic film actor
  • Adem Kılıççı, Boxer
  • Adem Kılıç, Film director
  • Scott Kildall, Artist
  • Agnieszka Kilańska, Danuta Szaflarska's daughter
  • Eleazar ben Killir, Poet

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