Kighley 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 0
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 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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

Kighley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kighley family

Profession Census Frequency
Clothier 3
Pudler Iron Works 1
Retired Painter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kighley

Name Census Frequency
John Kighley 14
William Kighley 11
Elizabeth Kighley 10
George Kighley 10
Jane Kighley 9
Mary Kighley 7
Sarah Kighley 7
James Kighley 6
Joseph Kighley 6
Alfred Kighley 5
Emily Kighley 5
Margaret Kighley 5
Ann Kighley 4
Henry Kighley 4
Edward Kighley 3
Eliza Kighley 3
Frederick Kighley 3
Hannah Kighley 3
Lily Kighley 3
Thomas Kighley 3
Albert Kighley 2
Alice Kighley 2
Annie Kighley 2
Arthur Kighley 2
Frank Kighley 2

Kighley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Keighley 88% 10,527
2 Killy 57% 3,601
3 Keiley 57% 400
4 Kighley 100% 212
5 Keighly 71% 115

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The surname Kighley is the 4th most popular variant of Keighley.

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