Kellow Surname

192,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Kellow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kelloe,' a parish in County Durham, six miles from Durham.

Patrick de Kellawe, Yorkshire, I Edward II I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

William de Kellawe, Lincolnshire, ibid.

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Kellow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6751:536,97644,579
England6131:90,8949,798
Australia5111:52,8296,522
Canada1761:209,35020,314
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
Wales381:81,4356,830
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Qatar61:393,00055,922
France31:22,140,907385,998
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4881:49,9506,097
Wales161:98,0264,293
Scotland141:267,3738,913
Guernsey61:5,443949
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1821:275,92722,362

Kellow (17) may also be a first name.

Kellow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kelloe,' a parish in County Durham, six miles from Durham.

Patrick de Kellawe, Yorkshire, I Edward II I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

William de Kellawe, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1612-3. John Kellowe, fouiter and Mary Presson: Marriage Lic. (London).

1616. Baptised — Susan, d. John Kellowe: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1640. Samuel Kello and Mary Emelie: Marriage Lic. (London).

1789. Married — Job Dowsing and Jane Kellow: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Kelloe (Durham), 13th cent. Kellawe [the second element is Middle English law(e, Old English hlǽw, a (burial) mound, hill; the first may represent the O.Angl. pers. name Céola or its Old Norse cognate Kióll; or the contraction form, Kell, of Old Norse Ketill; or poss. the Northern English kell, Old Norse kelda, a spring]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kelloe, a parish in co. Durham.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Kellow in Lansalloes; from killiow, the groves.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Ralph and Peter Galot, Norm. 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Walter Gelay, Engl. c. 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).

The Norman People (1874)

Kellow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kellow occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kellow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kellow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 192,601st most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,333,736 people. The surname Kellow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Kellow are found; 37 percent are found in North America and 37 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kellow is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 17 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 675 people, or 1 in 536,976. In The United States it is most common in: Tennessee, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States Kellow exists in 26 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 23 percent reside.

Kellow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kellow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kellow surname increased 371 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 126 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 207 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kellow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kellow last name are 3.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.6% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kellow earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 23.73% less than the national average, earning R 181,248 per year; in United States they earn 3.8% less than the national average, earning $41,509 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.09% less than the national average, earning $48,147 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kellows921/
Killow8383/
Kellof8310/
Kellov832/
Kellaw830/
Klow80112/
Kelloff77121/
Killowe7715/
Chellow7713/
Kellova774/
Kellawe771/
Klouw73214/
Klowe73119/
Klowa7362/
Kloow7337/
Klows7312/
Kehllouf711/
Kellhoff711/
Klowss67233/
Kellaf67207/
Killov6718/
Kellab6711/
Cillow672/
Cellov671/
Cellaw671/
Killaw671/
Kellav671/

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