Kilby is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kilby
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kilby

How popular is Kilby?

Kilby is common in England.

Kilby is ranked 49030 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kilby bearers increased by 1.12308 per cent in 2010 US census to 4412 since 2000, the surname slipped by 466 spots and ranked at 7534. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.55 91.06
Black 5.98 6.03
Hispanic or Latino 2.27 1.49
Others 1.47 0.87
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.32
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.32 0.23
Kilby is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 9713 people have been found who wears Kilby as their family name. Kilby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
67,494 South Africa3
90,215 Germany3
20,186 Kenya2
50,640 Switzerland2
124,220 Italy2
13,552 Qatar2
54,641 Sweden2
23,344 Austria2
19,046 Ireland2
26,123 Malaysia2
18,718 Thailand2
1,347 Liberia2
1,818 Guernsey1
17,236 Ghana1
810,193 Indonesia1
1,704,541 India1
91,024 Belgium1
897,276 Russia1
49,101 Denmark1
174,544 Czech Republic1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
12,270 Lebanon1
12,745 Luxembourg1
38,830 Morocco1
118,015 Netherlands1
29,046 Japan1
58,885 Poland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
17,768 Pakistan1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
10,596 Colombia87
117,149 France73
9,925 New Zealand69
Countries with hundreds of Kilby:
3,241 Australia953
6,699 Canada632
1,854 Wales214
Countries with thousands of Kilby:
7,580 United States4,992
3,028 England2,538
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joseph Kilby was 33 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 6, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Republic from Liverpool. Farmer Thomas Kilby, Mary Kilby, aged 23, Workwoman Mary Kilby, Mary Kilby, aged 30, Spinster Bridgt. Kilby, George Kilby, aged 23, Ann Kilby, Mary Kilby (Born at sea) Infant, and 7 other Kilby around 41.18% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster migrated to US.

Kilby Namesakes

  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Thomas Kilby, Former Governor of Alabama
  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Tommy Kilby, Politician
  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Jack Kilby, Electrical engineer
  • Cody Kilby, Musical Artist
  • Barry Kilby, Businessman
  • Kayla Kilby portrayed significant role of Victoria in 0 comedy, sci-fi movie Self Portrait.

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