Killen Family History
Killen Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coilín ‘son of
Colin’. According to MacLysaght, the name was that of a gallowglass
family from Scotland taken to Ireland by the O’Donnells.
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Name Distribution of Killen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Killen families
 36 - 69  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Killen families
|
71 - 139 24 - 70 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Killen families
|
36 - 70 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Killen census records
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Killen Family Origin
Killen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Killen
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Killen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Killen census records
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Killen Civil War Service Records
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