Kinlay Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Kinlay Surname Definition:

Usually the Scottish Mac Fhionn Laoich in Antrim; sometimes Irish Mac an Leagha (MacAlee) q.v. MIF 121

Kinlay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England111:5,065,278148,650
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Wales81:386,81619,671
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Bhutan31:205,3461,091
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland171:260,58011,064
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland441:85,0734,558
England371:658,79432,071
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Kinlay (611) may also be a first name.

Kinlay Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Usually the Scottish Mac Fhionn Laoich in Antrim; sometimes Irish Mac an Leagha (MacAlee) q.v. MIF 121

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Kinlay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kinlay (Russian: Кинлай, Tibetan: ཀུན་ལེགས་) is found most in Ireland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinlay? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,596,935th most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Kinlay are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 337,969th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 611 people.

This last name is most common in Ireland, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 138,498. In Ireland Kinlay is most frequent in: Leinster, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Ireland it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Kinlay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kinlay has changed through the years. In Ireland the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it declined 37 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 70 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kinlay Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kinlay surname is predominantly Catholic (47%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Kinlay surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Kinlay earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.77% less than the national average, earning $40,661 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinla91159/
Kinly9117/
Kinley835,493/
Kenlay8355/
Kinlai8310/
Kienly838/
Cinlay835/
Kinnly834/
Kinlah832/
Kuinla831/
Kienla831/
Kinlla831/
Kinloy831/
Kihnly830/
Kinlly830/
Kihnley7752/
Kinnley7728/
Kinlaje776/
Kinloye774/
Kinlaid772/
Kinlass771/
Kienley771/
Kinleah771/
Kinleye771/
Kinlaha771/
Kuinlai771/
Chinlay771/
Kiehnly770/
Kinlach770/
Kennlay770/
Quinlay770/
Kinnlly770/
Kenly73854/
Kinli73383/
Kinle73150/
Kenla73104/
Cinly7312/
Cinla731/
Qinly731/
Qinla731/
Knlaa731/
Kinnelly7154/
Quinllay711/
Kckinley711/
Kienle675,404/
Kenley672,201/
Kaenla67983/
Knelly67120/
Quinly67120/
Chinla67109/
Kenlly6781/
Kinlee6767/
Keenly6755/
Kienli6722/
Kennly6710/
Kinlahoue676/
Kenlah674/
Kihnle673/
Qinlai672/
Qunlay672/
Kühnly672/
Kenluy671/
Knella671/
Cinley671/
Cenlay671/
Kinleu671/
Kienlé671/
Knilla670/
Kinnelley670/
Qinley670/
Kenloy670/
Kionle670/
Kionli670/
Kehnly670/
Kinnilley670/

Kinlay Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kinlay in the Tibetan language
ཀུན་ལེགས་künlek88.08
ཀུན་ལེགས།künlek9.27
ཀུན་ལེེགས་künlek0.66
ཀུུན་ལེགས་künlek0.66
ཀུན་ལེགསkünlek0.66
ཀུན་ལཻགས་künlaik0.66
Kinlay in the Russian language
Кинлайkinlaj-

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