Keight Surname

847,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Keight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keight Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2811:198,28517,371
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Wales131:238,04114,239
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Keight (55) may also be a first name.

Keight Last Name Facts

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

The surname Keight is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Keight? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 847,909th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,562,062 people. Keight is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Keight reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 55 people.

It is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 198,285. In England it is primarily found in: Worcestershire, where 28 percent are found, West Midlands, where 28 percent are found and Merseyside, where 8 percent are found. Beside England this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Keight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Keight has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 520 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Keight Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

Keight earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 203.23% more than the national average, earning R 720,588 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kight916,810/
Keght910/
Khight8313/
Kaight831/
Keghte831/
Kkight830/
Kyght7321/
Kaght733/
Keigd731/
Cight731/
Kaianght711/
Kought671/
Coight671/
Kaught670/
Quight670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Keight
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