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Where Does The Last Name Key Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Key (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ, Hindi: केय, Marathi: केय, Oriya: େକୟ, Tibetan: སྐྱིད།) is most common in The United States. It can also occur as: Kéy. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Key? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Key is the 9,030^th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 116,144 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Key are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 46,352^nd most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 15,017 people.

Key is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 43,721 people, or 1 in 8,290. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent live, Tennessee, where 7 percent live and Alabama, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 139 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and Venezuela, where 3 percent live.

Key Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Key has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Key surname rose 693 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 696 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 113 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 32 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Key Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Key last name is chiefly Catholic (77%) in Ireland, Orthodox (71%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Key last name are 18.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.83% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Key earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.68% more than the national average, earning 518,009 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 36.64% more than the national average, earning R 324,720 per year; in United States they earn 9.02% less than the national average, earning $39,259 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.75% more than the national average, earning $50,550 CAD per year.