Kirkcaldy Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Kirkcaldy Surname Definition:

From the town of Kirkcaldy in Fife. Willilmus de Kyrcaudi, cleric in Stirling, 1299 (RAA., I, p. 277). In 1331 we have record of money paid to John of Kirkcaldy (ER., I, p. 370), and Andreas de Kirkrildy, capellanus S. Marie de Anderistona (= St.

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Kirkcaldy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1461:381,63126,761
Scotland831:64,5045,145
United States571:6,358,929302,882
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Australia291:930,88655,860
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1691:22,1492,118
England61:4,062,562101,150

Kirkcaldy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the town of Kirkcaldy in Fife. Willilmus de Kyrcaudi, cleric in Stirling, 1299 (RAA., I, p. 277). In 1331 we have record of money paid to John of Kirkcaldy (ER., I, p. 370), and Andreas de Kirkrildy, capellanus S. Marie de Anderistona (= St. Andrews), was granted a pension of five merks a year by King David II in 1363 (RMS., I, 167). The land of Simon de Kyrcaldy in Edynburgche is mentioned in 1366 (RMS., I, 261; Egidii, p. 19), and perhaps the same Simon appears as a burgess there in 1392 (Egidii, p. 28). John of Kirkaldy, Scots merchant, had a safe conduct into England in 1426 (Bain, IV, 999), Andrew Kirkcaldy was scribe of the town council of Dysart in 1535 (Dysart, p. 3), and in 1540 mention is made of "veneranda mulier Agnes Karcalde" in the same town (ibid., p. 6). Marjory Kirkcaldy was a resident in Dysart in 1572 (ibid., p. 37), and David Kirkaldie was a tenant of the abbot of Newbattle in 1563 (Neubotle, p. 327). Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange took a prominent part in the murder of Cardinal Beaton in 1546, and was himself executed in 1573. An old family of Kirkcaldy of Inchture ended in an heiress, Marjorie, who was married to Reginald Kinnaird and got the lands confirmed to him by a charter of Robert III (RMS., I, App. II, 1866). Kircade 1646.

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

A royal burgh and parish in Fifeshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Kirkcaldy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kirkcaldy is found most frequently in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirkcaldy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 726,304th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Kirkcaldy are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 58 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 146 people, or 1 in 381,631. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 13 percent live, Buckinghamshire, where 13 percent live and Greater London, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Kirkcaldy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kirkcaldy has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Kirkcaldy last name rose 2,433 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 51 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kirkcaldy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Kirkcaldy surname are 30.98% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.21% registered with the political party.

The amount Kirkcaldy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.95% more than the national average, earning R 456,144 per year; in United States they earn 47.97% more than the national average, earning $63,846 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.72% less than the national average, earning $45,350 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kirkaldy94593/
Kircaldy941/
Kirckaldy890/
Kirkcaldie8492/
Kirkoldy820/
Kirkaldie78267/
Kircaldie7812/
Kirkaldid781/
Kercalda710/
Kirkholder6317/

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