Kilyen Surname

881,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Kilyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kilyen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2981:67,3758,092
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kilyén (11) are calculated separately.

Kilyen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kilyen is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Kilyén. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilyen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kilyen is the 881,213th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kilyen live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 67,375. In Romania Kilyen is most prevalent in: Mureș County, where 88 percent reside, Covasna County, where 11 percent reside and Cluj County, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Romania this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Kilyen
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