Kielly Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Kielly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 271 | 1:135,962 | 14,055 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 140 | 1:31,642 | 3,133 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Kielly (80) may also be a first name.
Kielly Demographics
Kielly Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Kielly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kielly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kielly is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kielly? popularity and diffusion
It is the 645,988th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname Kielly occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Kielly live; 69 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 80 people.
Kielly is most frequently held in Canada, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 135,962. In Canada Kielly is most frequent in: Newfoundland and Labrador, where 35 percent live, Ontario, where 17 percent live and Alberta, where 14 percent live. Not including Canada Kielly is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Kielly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kielly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kielly surname rose 170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 208 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Kielly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kielly surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Kielly last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kielly earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.03% more than the national average, earning R 339,888 per year; in United States they earn 26.87% more than the national average, earning $54,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.54% less than the national average, earning $45,935 CAD per year.
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Kielly Reference & Research
Kiely FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Kielly
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