Killworth Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Killworth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Killworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1241:449,33929,774
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Killworth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Killworth is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Killworth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,025,894th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Killworth are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 449,339. In England it is primarily found in: West Midlands, where 33 percent live, Essex, where 16 percent live and Staffordshire, where 9 percent live. Not including England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Killworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Killworth has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Killworth surname increased 354 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 211 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Killworth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Killworth last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Killworth earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.5% less than the national average, earning $39,482 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Killworth
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