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
Kielen is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also occur as: Kielén or Kieleń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kielen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kielen is the 1,806,862nd most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kielen live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kielen is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 21 people.
Kielen is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 181,583. In The Netherlands Kielen is most numerous in: South Holland, where 29 percent live, North Brabant, where 19 percent live and Limburg, where 16 percent live. Barring The Netherlands this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.
Kielen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kielen has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Kielen surname fell 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
- 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 Kielen
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