Kells 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 5
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
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

Kells Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kells family

Profession Census Frequency
Private Soldier 4
Labourer 3
Lace Maker 1
Female Servant 1
Corporal 1
Laborer 1
Soldier 1
Private In The Army 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kells

Name Census Frequency
William Kells 53
John Kells 49
Mary Kells 48
George Kells 26
Thomas Kells 26
Richard Kells 23
Robert Kells 19
Sarah Kells 19
Elizabeth Kells 17
Margaret Kells 17
James Kells 16
Eliza Kells 14
Jane Kells 12
Ann Kells 11
Annie Kells 11
Henry Kells 11
Emily Kells 10
Alice Kells 9
Joseph Kells 9
Ellen Kells 8
Hannah Kells 7
Matilda Kells 7
Ada Kells 6
Albert Kells 6
Florence Kells 6

Kells Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kells 100% 632
2 Kills 80% 233

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The surname Kells is the most popular version of all its varients

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