Likely Surname
Approximately 858 people bear this surname
Likely Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 631 | 1:574,420 | 47,094 |
| Canada | 116 | 1:317,634 | 29,153 |
| Ireland | 42 | 1:112,118 | 5,755 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 72 | 1:61,526 | 4,797 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100 | 1:502,187 | 35,305 |
Likely (27) may also be a first name.
Likely Demographics
Likely Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Likely Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Likely Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Likely is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Likely? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 407,730th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,493,643 people. The surname Likely occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Likely reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name internationally. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 574,420. In The United States Likely is primarily concentrated in: Alabama, where 19 percent are found, Florida, where 10 percent are found and Michigan, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Ireland, where 5 percent are found.
Likely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Likely has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Likely surname increased 631 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 42 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Likely Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (53%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Likely last name are 23.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.76% being registered with the political party.
The amount Likely earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.1% less than the national average, earning $37,495 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.96% more than the national average, earning $53,636 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liokely | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lickely | 92 | 1 | / |
| Likeley | 92 | 0 | / |
| Likele | 83 | 2,006 | / |
| Likeli | 83 | 433 | / |
| Likela | 83 | 424 | / |
| Lekely | 83 | 6 | / |
| Licely | 83 | 2 | / |
| Likily | 83 | 0 | / |
| Likhele | 77 | 17 | / |
| Liokeli | 77 | 12 | / |
| Lykkely | 77 | 6 | / |
| Likelet | 77 | 4 | / |
| Likhela | 77 | 4 | / |
| Laikela | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hlikela | 77 | 2 | / |
| Leekely | 77 | 1 | / |
| Likeleh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Likeeli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Likehele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Likieleh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Likhehla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Likila | 67 | 721 | / |
| Lekele | 67 | 254 | / |
| Likili | 67 | 209 | / |
| Lekela | 67 | 181 | / |
| Liceli | 67 | 101 | / |
| Lekeli | 67 | 11 | / |
| Licily | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lykele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lecily | 67 | 1 | / |
| Likile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liquesley | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Likely
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