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
Kley (Russian: Клей) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kley.
How Common Is The Last Name Kley? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kley is the 66,096th most frequent last name globally, held by around 1 in 965,494 people. Kley is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Kley are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 345,673rd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 586 people.
The last name Kley is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 5,034 people, or 1 in 15,992. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent live and Thuringia, where 18 percent live. Outside of Germany Kley is found in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
Kley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kley has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 578 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (60%) in Russia and Christian (60%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kley surname are 4.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US 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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- 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 Kley
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