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 last name Keight occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Keight click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keight? popularity and diffusion

The last name Keight is the 847,909th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. Keight is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Keight are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 55 people.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 281 people, or 1 in 198,285. In England it is most prevalent in: Worcestershire, where 28 percent reside, West Midlands, where 28 percent reside and Merseyside, where 8 percent reside. Excluding England this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and Wales, where 4 percent reside.

Keight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Keight has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Keight last name increased 520 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Keight Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Keight surname is chiefly 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
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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 Keight
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