# Kean (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kean/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,408 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,543 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,042 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (4,072 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kean in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kean in the United States, Australia and Canada.

## People named Kean

- Thomas Kean, American businessman and politician; former Governor of New Jersey
- Jane Kean, American actress, singer and memoirist (1923-2013)
- Thomas Howard Kean Jr., American politician (born 1968)
- Hamilton Fish Kean, American politician (1862–1941)
- Bridie Kean, Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketball player
- Simon Kean, boxer

## Similar surnames

Kane, Keen, Keene, Kenny, Kahn, Keane, Kain, Kenna, Kan, Keown, Keehn, Keaney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.