Keeping Surname

120,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

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

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2,1371:17,2422,473
England8641:64,4887,524
United States2301:1,575,908106,190
Iran2251:341,25623,072
Australia1421:190,11118,903
Wales671:46,1874,386
Qatar191:124,10514,725
France181:3,690,151224,666
India151:51,137,692512,385
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Norfolk Island31:765177
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5661:43,0665,401
Jersey341:1,526241
Wales111:142,5835,610
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. From Kippen, a parish of Scotland, cos. Perth and Stirling. 2. A patronymic of the name Keep, or compounded of ing, a meadow.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keepings9385/
Keping92108/
Keepeng86190/
Kepping8632/
Koeping8613/
Keaping866/
Keyping861/
Keuping861/
Kaeping861/
Kueping860/
Koepping80163/
Cheeping8015/
Keapping800/
Kaping771,101/
Koping77114/
Köping7775/
Kepeng7747/
Kiping7714/
Kipping713,066/
Köpping71536/
Kopping71339/
Keupink71196/
Kaiping71115/
Cheping7174/
Kapping7133/
Kapieng7123/
Keipeng7112/
Kepngue7110/
Khepeng716/
Queping714/
Kaaping714/
Kiepeng713/
Kouping713/
Cheepng711/
Ceiping711/
Kopieng711/
Kauping711/
Kypping710/
Kipng6748/
Keipheng6722/
Kippings677/
Kaepueng671/
Chepingh671/
Kopng671/
Kipingue671/
Kahaping671/
Khaiping671/
Cheuping671/
Cheepeng671/
Kuipping670/

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