Last Name KIRKALDY

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Meaning Local: Of Kirkcaldy, a royal burgh and parish in county Fife.
Local: from the town of Kirkaldy in Fifeshire.
Local: From 'Kirkcaldy,' a town in Fifeshire, Scotland, from 'Kirk,' a church, and 'culdee,' the worshipers of God, the first Christians of Britain, who were said to have had a place of worship there in ancient times.
Origin English, Scottish

Rank 143,847 (2000 US census)
Count 106 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 60.38%, or 64 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 30.19%, or 32 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 6.6%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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