Surnames

UK surnames beginning with K

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	King	65,115	93,148
2	Khan	29	82,773
3	Kelly	30,644	75,958
4	Kaur	1	49,067
5	Knight	36,756	48,792
6	Kennedy	18,038	37,769
7	Kerr	16,411	28,455
8	Kemp	16,605	21,637
9	Knowles	15,989	19,223
10	Kirk	12,991	18,963
11	Kay	12,865	17,993
12	Kent	12,591	17,311
13	Kirby	11,367	16,047
14	Kane	2,422	11,647
15	Kenny	3,596	10,778
16	Kumar	0	10,703
17	Kendall	6,453	9,931
18	Keen	6,012	8,531
19	Kidd	6,111	8,522
20	Knox	5,144	8,226
21	Keenan	2,533	8,215
22	Kavanagh	1,142	7,749
23	Kershaw	9,666	7,725
24	Khatun	0	7,445
25	Kenyon	6,248	6,593
26	Kaye	4,398	6,471
27	Knott	5,941	6,406
28	Kirkham	4,177	6,170
29	Keane	689	5,706
30	Kitchen	5,115	5,281
31	Key	3,900	5,167
32	Kearney	1,369	5,009
33	Karim	0	4,821
34	Keating	1,475	4,753
35	Knights	2,619	4,719
36	Kendrick	2,880	4,580
37	Kingston	2,787	4,378
38	Keith	3,224	4,241
39	Keeling	2,610	4,183
40	Khalid	0	4,119
41	Keogh	678	4,111
42	Kirkpatrick	2,599	4,054
43	Kirkwood	2,717	4,023
44	Kerry	2,022	3,920
45	Khanom	0	3,875
46	Keegan	990	3,803
47	Kitching	1,736	3,742
48	Kyle	1,671	3,730
49	Kauser	0	3,622
50	Kimber	2,829	3,568
51	Kearns	926	3,562
52	Kellett	2,599	3,366
53	Keeble	2,057	3,336
54	Kinsella	446	3,278
55	Kausar	0	3,178
56	Kirkland	2,661	2,920
57	Kelsey	2,214	2,829
58	Kitson	2,390	2,810
59	Kettle	2,618	2,785
60	Kinsey	1,960	2,783
61	Kerrigan	542	2,736
62	Keeley	1,222	2,693
63	Kilpatrick	1,539	2,646
64	Knapp	2,038	2,500
65	Kirton	1,378	2,479
66	Kelsall	1,512	2,381
67	Killick	1,527	2,335
68	Kamara	0	2,282
69	Kennett	1,661	2,280
70	Kirkby	1,703	2,268
71	Kousar	0	2,228
72	Kelleher	90	2,211
73	Kang	3	2,202
74	Kiernan	306	2,152
75	Khalil	0	2,126
76	Kilby	1,685	2,123
77	Keys	1,486	2,043
78	Khaliq	0	2,027
79	Kean	2,026	1,973
80	Kimberley	1,095	1,948
81	Kirwan	180	1,931
82	Kehoe	445	1,903
83	Kiely	68	1,900
84	Kelley	3,450	1,890
85	Kapoor	0	1,874
86	Kennard	1,462	1,872
87	Kotecha	0	1,841
88	Kenney	1,646	1,819
89	Kalsi	0	1,810
90	Kinnear	1,446	1,768
91	Keir	1,499	1,762
92	Kite	1,701	1,756
93	Keay	1,282	1,721
94	Khalifa	0	1,714
95	Keene	1,759	1,712
96	Khatoon	0	1,693
97	Kyriacou	0	1,671
98	Kim	9	1,666
99	Kingsley	524	1,654
100	Klein	360	1,651