Keirs Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Keirs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 129 | 1:41,502 | 3,856 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 54 | 1:69,319 | 4,089 |
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
Keirs Demographics
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Keirs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keirs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keirs is more commonly found in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keirs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 924,083rd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. The surname Keirs is primarily found in Europe, where 60 percent of Keirs live; 60 percent live in Northern Europe and 60 percent live in British Isles.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Scotland, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 41,502. In Scotland it is most numerous in: East Ayrshire, where 48 percent reside, South Lanarkshire, where 17 percent reside and South Ayrshire, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Scotland it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
Keirs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Keirs has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Keirs surname grew 239 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 190 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 467 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keirs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Keirs last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the political party.
Keirs earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.34% less than the national average, earning $39,549 USD per year.
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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 Keirs
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