Last Name KEWLEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Quilli, near Falaise, Normandy. The Isle of Man Kewleys are said to be a mere variant of Kelly, the great Manx patronymic.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	48,469 (2000 US census)

Count	409 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.46%, or 370 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.67%, or 15 total occurrences, as black,
1.22%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.22%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.2%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.22%, or 5 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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