Keighly Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Keighly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keighly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Keighly (52) may also be a first name.

Keighly Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Keighly Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Keighly is more commonly found in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Keighly? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Keighly is mostly found in Oceania, where 44 percent of Keighly are found; 44 percent are found in Australasia and 44 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 52 people.

Keighly is most frequently used in New Zealand, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 754,720. In New Zealand it is most numerous in: Waikato Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from New Zealand this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Keighly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Keighly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keighly surname contracted 25 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Keighly Last Name Statistics demography

Keighly earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.35% less than the national average, earning $30,054 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keighley932,884/
Keigehly931/
Keighlly930/
Keigly920/
Keighlley881/
Keigley86670/
Keigely862/
Keiglay861/
Kighley860/
Kegly835/
Kigly831/
Kighilly80110/
Keighler8010/
Keaghley801/
Keingley800/
Kegley774,075/
Kigley772/
Keagly771/
Keigle771/
Koegly771/
Keglay770/
Keggly770/
Kaigley7116/
Kiegley715/
Keagley713/
Kcigley712/
Kaegley711/
Kegleey711/
Keggley711/
Kuegley710/
Keegley710/
Keiglie710/
Keingle710/
Ceigley710/
Quighly710/
Kegle67183/
Kigle6751/
Kegla6723/
Kégly6714/
Quighley6713/
Kigli678/
Kigla677/
Kaiengly671/
Queghley670/
Keeghler670/
Cegly670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Keighly
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