Kelsh is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Kelsh?

Kelsh is ranked 281602 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kelshs plummeted by 11.80328 per cent to 269 since 2000 and slipped by 10788 spots and ranked at 72332. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.96 93.44
Hispanic or Latino 4.09 1.64
Black 2.97 2.95
Others 2.23 0
Kelsh is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 1085 people have been found who wears Kelsh as their family name. Kelsh have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,686 Costa Rica3
49,529 Israel1
16,640 Hong Kong1
1,704,541 India1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,036 Kazakhstan38
114,425 Ukraine34
89,676 Canada30
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,891 England81
Countries with hundreds of Kelsh:
62,588 United States404
50,182 Germany202
85,798 Russia143
19,596 Australia130

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Kelsh worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 13 years old embarked for USA from Drogheda on Adeline Cann and arrived on November 10, 1848. 30 years old James Kelsh, Patrick Kelsh (48) Farmer, Thomas Kelsh (46) Workman, Mary Kelsh, 20 years old Richard Kelsh, Catherine Kelsh (18) , Mary Kelsh, aged 16, 14 years old Jane Kelsh, and 1 other Kelsh migrated to US.

Kelsh Namesakes

  • Tricia Lee Kelshall, Musical Artist
  • Kathi Kelsh, Musical Artist

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