Kellichan Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Kellichan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kellichan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland621:86,3526,198
England61:9,286,343223,652
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875

Kellichan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kellichan occurs more in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kellichan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,293,424th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Kellichan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kellichan reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequent in Scotland, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 86,352. In Scotland it is most numerous in: Fife, where 84 percent are found, West Lothian, where 10 percent are found and East Lothian, where 2 percent are found. Not including Scotland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Wales, where 1 percent are found.

Kellichan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kellichan has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Kellichan last name rose 775 percent between 1881 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
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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 Kellichan
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