Kellings Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kellings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kellings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Kellings (115) may also be a first name.

Kellings Last Name Facts

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

Kellings is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kellings? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kellings is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Kellings reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 873,022nd most widely held first name at a global level, held by 115 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 71 percent live, Hesse, where 25 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and Ireland, where 3 percent live.

Kellings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kellings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kellings last name rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kellings Last Name Statistics demography

Kellings earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,150 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keellings9423/
Killings88907/
Kellinks880/
Klings86166/
Chellings821/
Klingst8080/
Klingse804/
Klingsh803/
Klingås802/
Klingsch7520/
Källängs758/
Cillings751/
Clings7122/
Klinks719/
Chillings714/
Kellinckx713/
Quillings712/
Klincse6719/
Klinx620/
Klencs5726/
Clinks571/

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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 Kellings
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