Kildare Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Kildare Surname Definition:

(Celtic) belonging to Kildare = the Cell or Chapel of the Oak [Irish Cill-dara — dair, an oak] This name was Latinized Celia Quercus.

Kildare Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2611:1,388,73296,054
England1021:546,25533,762
Jamaica411:69,9993,452
Australia291:930,88655,860
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Ireland161:294,30910,207
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Barbados11:287,4482,772
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140
Scotland291:129,0765,773
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Kildare (584) may also be a first name.

Kildare Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) belonging to Kildare = the Cell or Chapel of the Oak [Irish Cill-dara — dair, an oak] This name was Latinized Celia Quercus.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kildare Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kildare is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kildare? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 577,768th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. The last name Kildare is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Kildare are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kildare is also the 346,315th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 584 people.

The last name Kildare is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 1,388,732. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 22 percent are found, New York, where 21 percent are found and Nebraska, where 11 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Jamaica, where 8 percent are found.

Kildare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kildare has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kildare surname grew 637 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 309 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kildare Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kildare last name are 9.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.6% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kildare earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.33% more than the national average, earning $44,153 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.46% less than the national average, earning $43,492 CAD per year.

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