Kelsey Surname

21,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Kelsey Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kelsey,' two parishes, North and South Kelsey, in Lincolnshire.

Brice de Keleseye, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter de Keleseve, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1550.

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Kelsey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,4181:19,6802,481
England3,6881:15,1082,232
Canada9551:38,5824,843
Australia7901:34,1724,503
New Zealand3011:15,0442,626
South Africa2641:205,21921,868
Scotland1331:40,2543,781
Wales691:44,8484,288
Argentina561:763,27551,263
Israel401:213,94120,390
Jamaica391:73,5883,551
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Colombia261:1,837,46411,767
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
France21:33,211,361423,184
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Belize11:355,4743,977
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland461:96,3016,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2011:11,0751,696
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2411:9,5821,225

Kelsey (64,145) may also be a first name.

Kelsey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kelsey,' two parishes, North and South Kelsey, in Lincolnshire.

Brice de Keleseye, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter de Keleseve, Lincolnshire, ibid.

1550. Baptised — Elizabeth Kellaye: St. Michael. Cornhill.

1552. Married — William Keltredge and Agnes Kelsaye: ibid.

1574. — William Kelsea and Isabell Imme: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1795. — Thomas Kelsey and Maria Thomas: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Kelsey (Lincs), 13th cent. Keleseye = Kióll’s Island or Waterside [Old Norse kióll (genit. kiólls), a ship (used as a pers. name, like Old English céol) + ey]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Kelsey (Cenel's island or high land in a marsh), in Lincolnshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

North and South Kelsey are parishes in co. Lincoln.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Kilsey or Kelsey in Cubert; from kil-zeh, the dry neck of land. Kelsey is however the appellation of two parishes co. Lincoln.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Local. A town in Lincolnshire, England. Kelsey, in Cornish British, signifies the "dry neck," from Kel, a neck, and syck, dry.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Wood or Ship's isle? Ciol, a ship.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From Kelsale; a location name in Suffolk.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Kelseys bear an old Kent name. The ancient Kelseys possessed Kelsey, Beckenham, in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1659 Colonel Kelsey represented Dover in Parliament, and was lieutenant of Dover Castle (H.). A hundred years since, there were Kelseys in Hawking parish (H.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Kelsey Last Name Facts

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

Kelsey (Arabic: كلسى) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kelsey.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelsey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kelsey is the 21,733rd most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 291,059 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Kelsey are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kelsey is also the 14,982nd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 64,145 people.

The last name Kelsey is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 18,418 people, or 1 in 19,680. In The United States Kelsey is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 69 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Kelsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kelsey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kelsey surname expanded 351 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 531 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kelsey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (46%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Kelsey last name are 14.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.02% being registered with the party.

The amount Kelsey earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 40.93% more than the national average, earning R 334,908 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning $20,488,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.27% more than the national average, earning $44,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning $47,307 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kellsey9265/
Keelsey921/
Kaelsey920/
Kelssey920/
Kelsy91182/
Kelse9126/
Kelsay831,562/
Kelsoe83708/
Kelsoy83251/
Kelcey83203/
Kelsie83185/
Kelsea8388/
Kilsey8337/
Kelseu8324/
Kellsy8310/
Klesey838/
Celsey835/
Kelseh834/
Kelssy834/
Kelsye832/
Kelsae831/
Kelsce831/
Kelshe831/
Kelshy831/
Kelzey831/
Kelsee830/
Keelsy830/
Kellse830/
Klse801/
Klsy800/
Chelsey779/
Kelseth778/
Keelser777/
Kellser775/
Kelsher771/
Kelceys771/
Kellesy771/
Koelseh771/
Kellsie771/
Kelssys771/
Kellsoe770/
Kellese770/
Killsey770/
Kelce73602/
Celse73239/
Kelsa73225/
Kelcy73121/
Kelsi7398/
Klesy7378/
Celsy7366/
Kilsy7326/
Kelzy7319/
Klese7315/
Kelge734/
Khlse732/
Klser732/
Kelze731/
Kilse731/
Klsae731/
Klsoe730/
Clsey730/
Koelsche715/
Kellessy711/
Kellsher710/
Kellshea710/
Kelscher710/
Klesse671,186/
Celsie67146/
Külsoy67144/
Kelger6767/
Kielsa6756/
Chelsy6752/
Kelces6750/
Kielce6729/
Kelsia6729/
Chelse6718/
Kellcy6715/
Källse6710/
Kleszy679/
Kleseh676/
Keelsi675/
Klessy675/
Gkelsi674/
Klesei673/
Kylset673/
Kilsay672/
Kleset672/
Kelsau672/
Kelzie672/
Kelsou672/
Kehlje672/
Kelsha671/
Kelsah671/
Kelsoa671/
Kilsuy671/
Kylsyh671/
Killsy671/
Kelzeh671/
Kilsoy671/
Klesea671/
Chelsheya671/
Cilsey671/
Kellsi671/
Kelsaa671/
Kilsye671/
Celcey670/
Kellsa670/
Killschey670/
Clssey670/
Kilshe670/
Kelsit670/

Kelsey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelsey in the Arabic language
كلسىklsy-
كلسيklsy-

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Kelsey Reference & Research

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