Keigh Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Keigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Keigh family

Profession Census Frequency
Soldier 1
Moulder 1
School Mistress 1
Male Servant 1
Tailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Private Army Soldier 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Keigh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Keigh 22
William Keigh 19
John Keigh 17
Elizabeth Keigh 11
Thomas Keigh 11
Catherine Keigh 10
Ellen Keigh 10
James Keigh 10
George Keigh 9
Margaret Keigh 9
Hannah Keigh 6
Michael Keigh 6
Ann Keigh 5
Edward Keigh 5
Frederick Keigh 5
Henry Keigh 5
Alfred Keigh 4
Annie Keigh 4
Jane Keigh 4
Patrick Keigh 4
Sarah Keigh 4
Charles Keigh 3
Emma Keigh 3
Joseph Keigh 3
Martin Keigh 3

Keigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kay 20% 85,028
2 Kaye 20% 27,763
3 Keogh 80% 3,587
4 Keough 67% 1,194
5 Cay 0% 937
6 Keigh 100% 291
7 Cais 20% 199
8 Quaye 0% 189
9 Kough 60% 161

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The surname Keigh is the 6th most popular variant of Kay.

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