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 surname Keillar occurs in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keillar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,746,821st most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 72 percent of Keillar reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.
The last name is most frequent in Scotland, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 223,076. In Scotland it is most numerous in: Aberdeenshire, where 33 percent are found, Renfrewshire, where 21 percent are found and City of Edinburgh, where 21 percent are found. Not including Scotland it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 20 percent are found.
Keillar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Keillar has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the Keillar last name increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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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