Kiely is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Kiely?

Kiely is common in Australia.

Kiely is ranked 34678 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kiely bearers increased by 3.388608 per cent in 2010 US census to 2868 since 2000, the surname slipped by 473 spots and ranked at 11076. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.76 95.24
Hispanic or Latino 2.93 2.24
Others 2.16 1.19
Black 0.49 0.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.38 0.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.54
Kiely is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ireland which signifies that it is originated from Ireland. Around 14357 people have been found who wears Kiely as their family name. Kiely is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,031 China6
661,536 Indonesia3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
4,367 Afghanistan2
6,103 Cyprus2
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
169,904 Brazil1
37,493 Austria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
9,116 Nicaragua1
14,373 Jordan1
531 Greenland1
492,292 Ukraine1
153,416 Italy1
3,071 Jersey1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
56,169 Mexico1
5,916 Mozambique1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
21,562 Portugal1
353 Cook Islands1
971 Seychelles1
7,895 South Korea1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
53,193 Spain35
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
43,662 Belgium30
8,720 Qatar29
69,202 Netherlands18
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Kiely:
10,727 Canada366
38,477 Germany269
25,955 South Africa219
3,599 New Zealand213
2,488 Wales158
4,243 Scotland138
71,478 France135
Countries with thousands of Kiely:
167 Ireland4,646
9,225 United States4,003
2,958 England2,597
2,442 Australia1,274
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 28 years old farmer John Kiely who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 15, 1848 by Joseph Meigs put out from Limerick. David Kiely, aged 30, Eliza Kiely (30) Shoemaker, Thomas Kiely, Catherine Kiely, Biddy Kiely, aged 23, Jerry Kiely, aged 30, 40 years old John Kiely, Biddy Kiely, aged 20, and 17 other Kiely around 58.33% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Cork and Cardiff & Cork.

Kiely Namesakes

  • Benedict Kiely, Writer
  • Benedict Kiely, Writer
  • Dean Kiely, Soccer player
  • Orla Kiely, Fashion Designer
  • Mark Kiely, Actor
  • Kevin Kiely, Poet
  • Mark Kiely, Actor
  • Dean Kiely, Soccer player
  • Orla Kiely, Fashion Designer
  • Dean Kiely, Soccer player
  • Henry Kiely, from 0 comedy film Danni and the Vampire, who characterized Remy.
  • In 2018, Shannon Kiely portrayed the role of Mel in romance, thriller flick Love Spoons.
  • In 2009 comedy, drama film, Steamin' and Dreamin': The Grandmaster Cash Story, Joe Kiely played Seamus Kelly.

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