Kilfoil Surname

486,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 682 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Kilfoil Surname Definition:

Originally Mac Giolla Phoil', ‘The Son of Paul'sServant'.

'Mag Gillaphoil of the fair seat.' Bishop Phillips, in his version of the Manx Prayer-Book, written about 1610, gives the form Payl for Paul.

Kilfoil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2611:1,388,73296,054
South Africa2051:264,28126,485
Canada1821:202,44819,751
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
England101:5,571,806158,774
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1121:448,38132,409

Kilfoil Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Originally Mac Giolla Phoil', ‘The Son of Paul'sServant'.

'Mag Gillaphoil of the fair seat.' Bishop Phillips, in his version of the Manx Prayer-Book, written about 1610, gives the form Payl for Paul.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Kilfoil Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kilfoil is most common in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilfoil? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kilfoil is the 486,864th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Kilfoil are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Kilfoil is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 1,388,732. In The United States Kilfoil is most frequent in: New York, where 24 percent reside, California, where 18 percent reside and Ohio, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States Kilfoil is found in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 27 percent reside.

Kilfoil Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kilfoil has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kilfoil surname increased 233 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 58 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kilfoil Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kilfoil surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kilfoil surname are 15.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.26% registered with the party.

The amount Kilfoil earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.27% more than the national average, earning R 378,492 per year; in United States they earn 45.42% more than the national average, earning $62,748 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.14% less than the national average, earning $48,618 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Killfoil9343/
Kilfoile9340/
Killfoile8826/
Kilfoyl8652/
Kilfole861/
Kilfoel860/
Kilfoll860/
Kilfail860/
Kelfoil860/
Kilfile860/
Kilfoyle801,015/
Kilfoyel801/
Quilfoil801/
Killfoyl800/
Kilfle773/
Killfoyle752/
Kelfoyle670/
Killphile630/
Kelfall572/
Kylfalt571/
Kleffle570/
Khlfallh532/

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