Kightly 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 9
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 1
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
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

Kightly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kightly family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Baker 1
Journeyman Baker 1
Female Servant 1
Sales Man 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kightly

Name Census Frequency
George Kightly 15
William Kightly 14
Mary Kightly 13
Charles Kightly 12
Frederick Kightly 9
Edward Kightly 8
Annie Kightly 7
Elizabeth Kightly 7
Frank Kightly 7
Thomas Kightly 7
John Kightly 6
Alfred Kightly 5
Ann Kightly 5
Eliza Kightly 5
Florence Kightly 5
James Kightly 5
Sarah Kightly 5
Agnes Kightly 4
Alice Kightly 4
Arthur Kightly 4
Charlotte Kightly 4
Rose Kightly 4
Ada Kightly 3
Benjamin Kightly 3
Clarence Kightly 3

Kightly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Keightley 78% 4,423
2 Kightley 88% 1,982
3 Kightly 100% 275
4 Keitley 43% 151
5 Keightly 88% 141

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The surname Kightly is the 3rd most popular variant of Keightley.

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