Kilroy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kilroy
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kilroy

How popular is Kilroy?

Kilroy is common in United States.

Kilroy is ranked 81835 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kilroy bearers increased by 3.58235 per cent in 2010 US census to 2371 since 2000, the surname slipped by 516 spots and ranked at 12953. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.36 95.76
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.66
Others 1.39 1.22
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.76 0
Kilroy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 5347 people have been found who wears Kilroy as their family name. Kilroy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
9,097 Wales3
90,215 Germany3
9,185 Hong Kong2
54,135 Philippines2
95,312 Argentina2
219,873 France2
147,165 Czech Republic2
91,784 Netherlands2
31,584 Peru1
7,292 Vietnam1
492,292 Ukraine1
58,885 Poland1
25,721 Egypt1
1,254 Gibraltar1
20,172 Hungary1
153,416 Italy1
3,071 Jersey1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,190 Barbados1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,920 New Zealand28
14,963 Scotland26
78,041 Spain19
Countries with hundreds of Kilroy:
7,002 England989
932 Ireland688
10,327 Australia269
21,028 Canada169
Countries with thousands of Kilroy:
11,488 United States3,117
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Kilroy worked as maid and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Garrick and arrived on June 1, 1846. Workman Mathias Kilroy, Bridget Kilroy, Hanah Kilroy (12), Mary Kilroy (10), Michael Kilroy, John Kilroy (6), 3 years old Mathew Kilroy, Sarah Kilroy, aged 1 year old, Michael Kilroy, aged 22, and 128 other Kilroy around 46.75% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, farmer, miner migrated to US.

Kilroy Namesakes

  • Robert Kilroy-Silk, Politician
  • Eddie Kilroy, Music Producer
  • Claire Kilroy, Author
  • Matt Kilroy, Baseball player
  • Bucko Kilroy, Football player
  • Robert Kilroy-Silk, Politician
  • Natasha Kilroy-Silk, Robert Kilroy-Silk's daughter
  • Dominic Kilroy-Silk, Robert Kilroy-Silk's son
  • Eddie Kilroy, Music Producer
  • Colette Kilroy, Actress

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