Kuhl Family History
- Kuhl Name Meaning
- topographic name for someone who lived by a hollow or depression, Middle High German kule, Middle Low German kule or habitational name from one of the numerous minor places in North Germany named with this word. The spelling Kühl results from a folk-etymological association with High German kühl ‘cool’ (Middle High German küel(e)) (see 2). (Kühl): nickname from Middle High German küel ‘cool’, ‘calm’. from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with an element cognate with Old Norse kollir ‘helmet’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 281,831 Historical Documents with Kuhl on Ancestry
- 161,645 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 32,938 Census and Voter Lists
- 11,397 Military Records
- 8,613 Immigration Records
- 67,238 Member Trees
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Number of Kuhl families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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