Kilpatrick Surname

19,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Kilpatrick Surname Definition:

Of local origin from one or other of places so named. Stevene de Kilpatric del counte de Dunfres rendered homage, 1296. His seal shows a saltire and chief. S' Jehan de Kirkpatrik (Bain, II, p. 198,545). Nigel Kilpatrick was a Scots prisoner of war in Kenilworth Castle, 1302 (Bain, II, p.

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Kilpatrick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,2471:18,8322,366
Australia2,5111:10,7511,593
Canada1,7891:20,5962,842
England1,7341:32,1334,286
Scotland1,6361:3,273579
Northern Ireland6711:2,750559
New Zealand4341:10,4341,811
Ireland2561:18,3941,972
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
South Africa1041:520,93941,780
Wales461:67,2725,910
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Guernsey221:2,929767
United States Virgin Islands201:5,519844
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Vanuatu91:29,253714
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
France41:16,605,680368,153
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland9331:4,748806
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,3511:2,771481
England1901:128,29111,943
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6411:19,0152,418

Kilpatrick (88) may also be a first name.

Kilpatrick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Of local origin from one or other of places so named. Stevene de Kilpatric del counte de Dunfres rendered homage, 1296. His seal shows a saltire and chief. S' Jehan de Kirkpatrik (Bain, II, p. 198,545). Nigel Kilpatrick was a Scots prisoner of war in Kenilworth Castle, 1302 (Bain, II, p. 341). Thomas de Kylpatrik, rector of Suthek, 1468 (REG., 393), and Marion Kilpatrick in Kildonane 1700 (Wigtown), probably derived their surnames from Kilpatrick in the parish of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire. John Kylpatryk, bailie of Thomas, abbot of St. Colm's Inch, 1495 (Laing, 221), and Thomas Kilpatrick of Easter Calder, 1669 (Campsie), may have derived their name from (East or West) Kilpatrick in Dumbartonshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

1 Dweller by (St.) Patrick’s Chapel: v. Patrick [Gaelic and Irish Gill Padraic] 2 for the Irish Mac Giolla-P(h)adraig = Son of Gilpatrick, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) Son of the servant of St. Patrick.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Stirlingshire and Dumbartonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Name of two parishes of Scotland, cos. Dumbarton and Stirling; from Gael, cill (Ir. id., L. cello), a cell, chapel. compare the surnames Kilboy, Kilbride, Killmartin, Kilmany, Kilmaster, Killmaster, Killmister.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Irish Giolla Padraig; a personal name (devoted to St. Patrick).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Kilpatrick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kilpatrick is found most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilpatrick? popularity and diffusion

It is the 19,078th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 252,899 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Kilpatrick live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,017,994th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 88 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 19,247 people, or 1 in 18,832. In The United States Kilpatrick is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and Alabama, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Kilpatrick occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Kilpatrick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kilpatrick has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 729 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 913 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 121 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kilpatrick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kilpatrick last name are 17.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Kilpatrick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.95% more than the national average, earning R 356,340 per year; in United States they earn 2.82% less than the national average, earning $41,934 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.42% more than the national average, earning $52,872 CAD per year.

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Kilpatrick Reference & Research

Fitzpatrick DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

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Kirkpatrick-Kilpatri 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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