Keighton Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Keighton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keighton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Keighton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Keighton has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Keighton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Keighton is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Keighton reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Keighton is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Keighton is primarily concentrated in: Virginia, where 43 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 29 percent reside and North Carolina, where 14 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Keighton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Keighton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Keighton last name fell 36 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keightong940/
Kighton930/
Ceighton881/
Keughton880/
Kaighton880/
Kanghton751/
Kightand751/
Caighton751/
Koughton750/
Cuighton750/
Khoughton712/
Coughton639/
Caughton633/
Coughtan501/

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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 Keighton
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