Keillar Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Keillar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 24 | 1:223,076 | 11,507 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Keillar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keillar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keillar is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Keillar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keillar is the 2,746,821st most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Keillar are found; 72 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in British Isles.
It is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 223,076. In Scotland Keillar is primarily concentrated in: Aberdeenshire, where 33 percent live, Renfrewshire, where 21 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 21 percent live. Barring Scotland this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 20 percent live.
Keillar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keillar has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the Keillar last name grew 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Keillar Reference & Research
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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 Keillar
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