Kley Surname
Approximately 7,548 people bear this surname
Kley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,034 | 1:15,992 | 2,112 |
| United States | 665 | 1:545,051 | 45,128 |
| Brazil | 612 | 1:349,795 | 13,410 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Netherlands | 173 | 1:97,614 | 15,899 |
| Russia | 107 | 1:1,346,944 | 95,217 |
| France | 102 | 1:651,203 | 84,246 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Switzerland | 58 | 1:141,602 | 13,683 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:436,684 | 31,761 |
Kley (586) may also be a first name.
Kley Demographics
Kley Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kley (Russian: Клей) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kley? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kley is the 66,096th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 965,494 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Kley live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kley is also the 345,673rd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 586 people.
The surname Kley is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 5,034 people, or 1 in 15,992. In Germany Kley is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent live and Thuringia, where 18 percent live. Besides Germany Kley is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
Kley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kley surname increased 578 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Christian (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kley surname are 4.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.79% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kley earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 84.57% more than the national average, earning 638,762 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 79.5% more than the national average, earning R 426,552 per year; in United States they earn 8.76% more than the national average, earning $46,929 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning $47,604 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kley in the Russian language | ||
| Клей | klej | - |
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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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- 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 Kley
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