Kielen Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Kielen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 93 | 1:181,583 | 25,939 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Kielén (23) & Kieleń (1) are calculated separately.
Kielen (21) may also be a first name.
Kielen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kielen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kielen occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also be found as a variant: Kielén or Kieleń. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kielen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,806,862nd most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kielen live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 21 people.
The last name Kielen is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 181,583. In The Netherlands Kielen is most frequent in: South Holland, where 29 percent reside, North Brabant, where 19 percent reside and Limburg, where 16 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands Kielen occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Ireland, where 1 percent reside.
Kielen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kielen has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kielen last name declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
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