Kelting Surname

373,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Kelting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4571:793,12761,249
Germany4491:179,29920,982
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Scotland101:535,38220,332
England71:7,959,723202,100
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Kelting (23) may also be a first name.

Kelting Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kelting (Russian: Кельтинг) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelting? popularity and diffusion

It is the 373,124th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,583,294 people. The last name Kelting is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Kelting live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 23 people.

The last name Kelting is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 457 people, or 1 in 793,127. In The United States Kelting is mostly found in: Iowa, where 12 percent live, Washington, where 10 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 47 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Kelting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kelting has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 525 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 65 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kelting Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kelting last name are 17.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.58% being registered to vote for the party.

Kelting earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.75% more than the national average, earning $50,377 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koelting933/
Keltings930/
Kelthing930/
Kilting8622/
Költing862/
Keltimg861/
Keltinc861/
Keltink860/
Kletting8026/
Cleting711/
Klettingue711/
Kletteng6716/
Qltng672/
Quilting670/

Kelting Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelting in the Russian language
Кельтингkelting-

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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 Kelting
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