Keeping Surname
Approximately 3,801 people bear this surname
Keeping Surname Definition:
(English) 1 Dweller by a Stag’s Lair [Prov. English: Old English cépan, to keep] 2 prob. an extended form of Keep3, q.v.
Keeping Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2,137 | 1:17,242 | 2,473 |
| England | 864 | 1:64,488 | 7,524 |
| United States | 230 | 1:1,575,908 | 106,190 |
| Iran | 225 | 1:341,256 | 23,072 |
| Australia | 142 | 1:190,111 | 18,903 |
| Wales | 67 | 1:46,187 | 4,386 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 566 | 1:43,066 | 5,401 |
| Jersey | 34 | 1:1,526 | 241 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Keeping (31) may also be a first name.
Keeping Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 Dweller by a Stag’s Lair [Prov. English: Old English cépan, to keep] 2 prob. an extended form of Keep3, q.v.
1. From Kippen, a parish of Scotland, cos. Perth and Stirling. 2. A patronymic of the name Keep, or compounded of ing, a meadow.
Keeping Demographics
Average Keeping Salary in
United States
$49,459 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Keeping Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keeping Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keeping is found most in Canada. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keeping? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 120,604th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,917,271 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Keeping live; 62 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. Keeping is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Canada, where it is carried by 2,137 people, or 1 in 17,242. In Canada it is primarily found in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 32 percent are found, Nova Scotia, where 22 percent are found and Ontario, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Canada Keeping is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Keeping Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Keeping has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Keeping surname increased 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,769 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 609 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keeping Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Keeping are 8.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Keeping earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.37% less than the national average, earning 337,894 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.51% more than the national average, earning R 440,832 per year; in United States they earn 14.62% more than the national average, earning $49,459 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.35% less than the national average, earning $43,051 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keepings | 93 | 85 | / |
| Keping | 92 | 108 | / |
| Keepeng | 86 | 190 | / |
| Kepping | 86 | 32 | / |
| Koeping | 86 | 13 | / |
| Keaping | 86 | 6 | / |
| Keyping | 86 | 1 | / |
| Keuping | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaeping | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kueping | 86 | 0 | / |
| Koepping | 80 | 163 | / |
| Cheeping | 80 | 15 | / |
| Keapping | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kaping | 77 | 1,101 | / |
| Koping | 77 | 114 | / |
| Köping | 77 | 75 | / |
| Kepeng | 77 | 47 | / |
| Kiping | 77 | 14 | / |
| Kipping | 71 | 3,066 | / |
| Köpping | 71 | 536 | / |
| Kopping | 71 | 339 | / |
| Keupink | 71 | 196 | / |
| Kaiping | 71 | 115 | / |
| Cheping | 71 | 74 | / |
| Kapping | 71 | 33 | / |
| Kapieng | 71 | 23 | / |
| Keipeng | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kepngue | 71 | 10 | / |
| Khepeng | 71 | 6 | / |
| Queping | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kaaping | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kiepeng | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kouping | 71 | 3 | / |
| Cheepng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ceiping | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kopieng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kauping | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kypping | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kipng | 67 | 48 | / |
| Keipheng | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kippings | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kaepueng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chepingh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kopng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kipingue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahaping | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaiping | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheuping | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheepeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuipping | 67 | 0 | / |
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