Keswell Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Keswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keswell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia361:749,88148,970
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Keswell (77) may also be a first name.

Keswell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Keswell is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keswell? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,220,661st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Keswell live; 51 percent live in Australasia and 51 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 77 people.

The last name is most common in Australia, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 749,881. In Australia it is mostly found in: Queensland, where 78 percent live and Western Australia, where 22 percent live. Excluding Australia Keswell occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 47 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Keswell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Keswell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keswell last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Keswell Last Name Statistics demography

Keswell earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 169.03% more than the national average, earning R 639,324 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kedswell931/
Kesswell931/
Kaswell86233/
Keswiel8614/
Kiswell8610/
Koswell864/
Cheswell8048/
Coeswell801/
Queswell801/
Khiswell801/
Kaeswill800/
Keeswl771/
Chesswell750/
Coesswell750/
Cheswelll750/
Caswell7119,904/
Coswell7148/
Kiswele712/
Khiswel711/
Kessuel710/
Cashwell671,867/
Chiswell671,356/
Casswell67697/
Caaswell671/
Quesuell671/
Caswwell670/
Cazswell670/
Caiswell670/
Coyswell670/
Cayswell670/
Cosswell670/

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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 Keswell
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