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Kyle History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Ireland United States Canada Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Suggested Reading Citations

Kyle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Kyle family

The surname Kyle was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, at Kyle, a former district of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. The 15th century Kyle Castle lies in ruins near Cummock.

Early History of the Kyle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kyle research. Another 112 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1424, 1538, 1606 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Kyle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Kyle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Kyle, Kile and others.

Early Notables of the Kyle family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Robert Kyle of Irvine

Kyle Ranking

In the United States, the name Kyle is the 1,523^rd most popular surname with an estimated 19,896 people with that name. 1 However, in New Zealand, the name Kyle is ranked the 964^th most popular surname with an estimated 774 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Kyle family to Ireland

Some of the Kyle family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 68 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Kyle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kyle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jeremiah Kyle, who settled in Newcastle Del. in 1789
Adam Kyle, who settled in Philadelphia in 1798

Kyle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Kyle, who landed in New York, NY in 1815 3
Elizabeth Kyle, who landed in New York, NY in 1815 3
John Kyle, who arrived in New York in 1833 3
Timothy Kyle, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1840 3
William Kyle, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Kyle Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

George Armstrong Kyle, who arrived in Wisconsin in 1925 3

Kyle migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kyle Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

George Kyle, aged 59, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Prudence" in 1838
Mary Kyle, aged 48, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Prudence" in 1838
Eliza Kyle, aged 18, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Prudence" in 1838
Miss. Mary Kyle, aged 17 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Free Trader" departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle in August 1847 4
Mr. William Kyle, aged 15 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Christiana" departing from the port of Londonderry, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle on 18th June 1847 4
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Kyle migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Kyle Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mary Kyle, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Rajasthan" in 1838 5
Mr. Thomas Kyle, (b. 1802), aged 39, Irish carpenter from County Tyrone, Ireland departing on 8th July 1841 from Greenock, Scotland aboard the ship "New York Packet" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 23rd October 1841 6
Mrs. Elizabeth Kyle, Irish settler from County Tyrone, Ireland departing on 8th July 1841 from Greenock, Scotland aboard the ship "New York Packet" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 23rd October 1841, she died in quarantine 7
Mr. William Kyle, (b. 1826), aged 15, Irish settler from County Tyrone, Ireland departing on 8th July 1841 from Greenock, Scotland aboard the ship "New York Packet" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 23rd October 1841 8
Mr. James Kyle, (b. 1830), aged 11, Irish settler from County Tyrone, Ireland departing on 8th July 1841 from Greenock, Scotland aboard the ship "New York Packet" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 23rd October 1841 9
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Kyle migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Kyle Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Joseph Kyle, aged 19, a labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hindostan" in 1875
William Kyle, aged 26, a labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Hindostan" in 1875
John Kyle, aged 18, a farm labourer, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Salisbury" in 1876
Bernard Kyle, aged 27, a gas fitter, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Gainsborough" in 1878 10
Rachel Kyle, aged 22, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Gainsborough" in 1878 10
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Kyle (post 1700) +

Richard House Kyle (1937-2021), United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
David A. Kyle (1919-2016), American science fiction writer
Christopher Scott "Chris" Kyle (1974-2013), United States Navy SEAL, the most lethal sniper in American military history with 160 confirmed kills
Beatrice "Bee" Kyle (1902-1970), American world famous high diver
Alexandra Kyle (b. 1988), American actress
Edwin Jackson Kyle (b. 1876), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1945-48 11
Edmund Kyle, American politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Wetzel County, 1865-66 11
Mrs. Earl Kyle, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1956 11
Dolores Kyle, American politician, Independent Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arizona, 2012 11
David D. Kyle, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from New Milford; defeated, 1902; elected 1906, 1908 11
... (Another 36 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Kyle family +

Lady of the Lake

Miss Mary Ann Kyle (b. 1814), Irish traveller from Malin Head, Ireland who sailed aboard the "Lady of the Lake" from Greenock, Scotland on 8th April 1833 to Quebec, Canada when the ship hit ice and sunk of the coast of Newfoundland on the 11th May 1833 and she died in the sinking

St. Francis Dam

Mr. Jess Theron Kyle, American resident in Santa Clarita killed when the St. Francis Dam failed and flooded the area in 1928

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 38)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) RAJASTHAN 1838. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1838Rajasthan.htm
Ship Voyages to New South Wales (Retrieved 18th November 2020). Retrieved from http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4782/New%20York%20Packet_23%20Oct%201841/4_478200095.jpg&No=78
Ship Voyages to New South Wales (Retrieved 18th November 2020). Retrieved from http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4782/New%20York%20Packet_23%20Oct%201841/4_478200095.jpg&No=79
Ship Voyages to New South Wales (Retrieved 18th November 2020). Retrieved from http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4782/New%20York%20Packet_23%20Oct%201841/4_478200095.jpg&No=80
Ship Voyages to New South Wales (Retrieved 18th November 2020). Retrieved from http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4782/New%20York%20Packet_23%20Oct%201841/4_478200095.jpg&No=81
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 3rd November 2011). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html