Keeling Surname
Approximately 19,108 people bear this surname
Keeling Surname Definition:
Nick 'the keeling,' i.e. a special small cod; Icel. keila, a kind of small cod. On visiting the North-east coast in the summer of 1886, I failed to find the word in use, yet both word and name were there for centuries.
John Kelynge, master of Greatham Hospital, 1463: DDD.
Read More About This SurnameKeeling Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,704 | 1:33,862 | 4,228 |
| England | 5,877 | 1:9,481 | 1,395 |
| Canada | 752 | 1:48,997 | 5,942 |
| Australia | 418 | 1:64,583 | 7,740 |
| Ireland | 287 | 1:16,407 | 1,811 |
| New Zealand | 264 | 1:17,153 | 2,999 |
| Wales | 156 | 1:19,837 | 2,100 |
| South Africa | 125 | 1:433,422 | 37,136 |
| Israel | 104 | 1:82,285 | 9,899 |
| Jamaica | 57 | 1:50,350 | 2,926 |
| Cuba | 44 | 1:261,880 | 5,025 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| Northern Ireland | 35 | 1:52,715 | 4,341 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Thailand | 25 | 1:2,825,534 | 284,782 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Ecuador | 19 | 1:837,150 | 13,424 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:7,802 | 1,618 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 52 | 1:85,190 | 5,835 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,578 | 1:9,455 | 1,419 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:65,351 | 3,160 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,348 | 1:37,254 | 4,408 |
Keeling (145) may also be a first name.
Keeling Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nick 'the keeling,' i.e. a special small cod; Icel. keila, a kind of small cod. On visiting the North-east coast in the summer of 1886, I failed to find the word in use, yet both word and name were there for centuries.
John Kelynge, master of Greatham Hospital, 1463: DDD. (Durham).
Henry Keling, rector of Houglton-le-Spring, 1482: ibid.
(2) Local, 'of Keelin.' I suspect the Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire Keelings are of local origin. But I cannot find the spot. The final 'g' is in this case an excrescence, as in Jennings, Hewlings, &c.
'In 56 Henry III (1272), Henry de Lasey granted for his service all that land which William of Keelin and William his son formerly held, and which reverted to the grantor by the felony of William de Keelin': Baines' Lancashire (Croston s edit).
Walter de Kelin. Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Osbert Kelyng, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
1526. William Kelyng and Anne Lacy: Marriage Lic (London).
1582. Daniel Keeling, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1645. Nathaniel Waterhouse and Elizabeth Kelinge: Marriage Lic. (London).
1661. Edward Keling and Alice Cave: ibid.
(Teutonic) 1 Ceol’s Son [Anglo-Saxon Céoling-céol = Old Norse kióll = O.H.Ger. kiol, a ship + the son suff. -ing] 2 Bel. to Keeling = (the Estate of the) Céol(a Family [Anglo-Saxon *Céolingas (dat. Céoling-um)- -ingas, pl. of the son suff. -ing] There is a Keeling Hall in Norfolk.
3 perh. occasionally a nickname from the fish so-called [Northern English and Scot. ke(e)ling, a kind of cod: cp. Old Norse keila, ‘a sea-fish allied to the cod ’ (and Dano-Norwegian kulle, Swedish kolia, a haddock]
From Killing or Keeling (Domesday Book, Chellinge); a location name in Yorkshire.
The Keelings wore a Staffordshire family in the 17th century (E.). The name of Kelin or Kelyng was represented in Cambridgeshire and other counties in the 13th century (H. R.).
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Keeling Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keeling Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keeling (Arabic: كيلنج) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keeling? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keeling is the 28,137th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 381,387 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Keeling reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 766,399th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 145 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 10,704 people, or 1 in 33,862. In The United States Keeling is mostly found in: Texas, where 14 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Kentucky, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Keeling exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in England, where 31 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Keeling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Keeling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keeling surname grew 794 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 228 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 552 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 277 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keeling Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (69%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Keeling last name are 16.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.26% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Keeling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.25% more than the national average, earning R 385,560 per year; in United States they earn 3.46% less than the national average, earning $41,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.89% more than the national average, earning $51,119 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keeling Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keeling in the Arabic language | ||
| كيلنج | kylnj | - |
| كيلنغ | kylngh | - |
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