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 Male Keeping Height
174.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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 may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keeping? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,604th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,917,271 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Keeping are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Keeping is also the 1,874,099th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Canada, where it is borne by 2,137 people, or 1 in 17,242. In Canada Keeping is primarily concentrated in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 32 percent are found, Nova Scotia, where 22 percent are found and Ontario, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Canada this last name exists in 42 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Keeping Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keeping has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Keeping last name grew 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,769 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 609 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keeping Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Keeping surname are 8.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62% registered with 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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