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 more in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Keillar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keillar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keillar is the 2,746,821st most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Keillar live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in British Isles.
The surname Keillar is most numerous in Scotland, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 223,076. In Scotland Keillar is mostly concentrated in: Aberdeenshire, where 33 percent are found, Renfrewshire, where 21 percent are found and City of Edinburgh, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Scotland Keillar occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 20 percent are found.
Keillar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Keillar has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Keillar surname grew 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 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
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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 Keillar
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