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.).
Keeling Demographics
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Keeling Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keeling Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keeling (Arabic: كيلنج) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Keeling click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keeling? popularity and diffusion
The surname Keeling is the 28,137th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 381,387 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Keeling reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Keeling is also the 766,399th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 145 people.
Keeling is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 10,704 people, or 1 in 33,862. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Kentucky, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in England, where 31 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Keeling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Keeling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keeling last name expanded 794 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 228 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 552 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 277 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keeling Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Keeling last name is predominantly Catholic (69%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Keeling surname are 16.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.26% registered with 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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