Kilts Surname

400,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kilts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kilts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7251:499,94342,050
Papua New Guinea1331:61,3067,931
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3231:155,47614,316

Kilts (19) may also be a first name.

Kilts Last Name Facts

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

Kilts (Russian: Кильц) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilts? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 400,040th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,290,723 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Kilts are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 19 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 725 people, or 1 in 499,943. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 25 percent live, Iowa, where 13 percent live and Michigan, where 11 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Kilts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kilts has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kilts surname increased 224 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kilts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kilts are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kilts earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.06% less than the national average, earning $42,690 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.68% less than the national average, earning $40,899 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kielts9110/
Killts912/
Kiltts910/
Klts892/
Kiltsch833/
Killtts831/
Klets804,010/
Kelts80450/
Kiltz80432/
Kieltsch77157/
Kiltsova7742/
Chilts7313/
Keltsh7310/
Kletzs734/
Kletts734/
Kieltz732/
Keltts732/
Kyolts732/
Kields731/
Kltsova67849/
Kilz67716/
Keltsch67201/
Kletsch67159/
Költsch6786/
Kilc672/
Klzs671/
Kletshe671/

Kilts Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kilts in the Russian language
Кильцkilc-

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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 Kilts
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