Killen Surname
Approximately 9,906 people bear this surname
Killen Surname Definition:
(Celtic) for the Irish O’Cillín, Grand- son or Descendant of Cillín (or Cillene) [apparently from Irish cill, a church]
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,263 | 1:68,869 | 8,008 |
| England | 1,261 | 1:44,186 | 5,590 |
| Australia | 944 | 1:28,597 | 3,877 |
| Northern Ireland | 769 | 1:2,399 | 493 |
| Canada | 625 | 1:58,953 | 6,943 |
| Liberia | 261 | 1:16,891 | 1,741 |
| Scotland | 256 | 1:20,913 | 2,415 |
| Ireland | 139 | 1:33,877 | 2,850 |
| Germany | 111 | 1:725,274 | 54,868 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Wales | 26 | 1:119,020 | 9,008 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 509 | 1:8,703 | 1,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 289 | 1:84,344 | 8,923 |
| Scotland | 113 | 1:33,126 | 2,735 |
| Isle of Man | 9 | 1:6,030 | 597 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,072 | 1:46,846 | 5,379 |
The alternate forms: Killén (8) are calculated separately.
Killen (203) may also be a first name.
Killen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) for the Irish O’Cillín, Grand- son or Descendant of Cillín (or Cillene) [apparently from Irish cill, a church]
Mac Coilín A galloglass family brought from Scotland by the O’Donnells. MIF 157
Mac Coilín A galloglass family brought from Scotland by the O’Donnells. MIF 157
(Irish) Grandson of Cillin, a pet form of Ceallach (war).
User-submitted Reference
A family story I can remember from my childhood is that, ancestrally our collective surname was originally Plunket (or some derivative) and the population grew so large that a segment of the Plunkets changed their surname to Killen and other variants, after the name of the town in Ireland. Not too sure about the validity of this family lore, I haven't heard it come up for years if ever since. Maybe on the same note or another note I do know for a family line of mine's records could of been destroyed, I believe there was church fire in the mid 1700s.
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Killen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Killen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Killen (Russian: Киллен) is found most in The United States. It may also be found as: Killén. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Killen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 51,711th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 735,670 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Killen live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 635,584th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 203 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 5,263 people, or 1 in 68,869. In The United States Killen is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Tennessee, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Killen occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.
Killen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Killen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Killen surname rose 491 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 436 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 227 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 73 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 867 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Killen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Killen last name is chiefly Catholic (58%) in Ireland.
In The United States Killen are 6.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.84% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Killen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.42% more than the national average, earning 371,771 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 235.84% more than the national average, earning R 798,072 per year; in United States they earn 1.05% less than the national average, earning $42,698 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.25% less than the national average, earning $49,064 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Killen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Killen in the Russian language | ||
| Киллен | killen | - |
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