How common is the surname Kean?

4,408 people in the United States had the surname Kean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,042 Americans. It ranked 7,543rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kean?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Kean?

Thomas Kean, American businessman and politician; former Governor of New Jersey, followed by Jane Kean.

Where is the surname Kean most common?

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

Is the surname Kean getting more or less common?

More common. 4,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,408 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Kean

A surname, carried by 4,408 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kean is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,408 people named Kean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,042 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,072.

#7,543

rank among US surnames

4,408

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,533)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,536	Tung	4,411	69,994
#7,541	Lazarus	4,410	70,010
#7,542	Conlin	4,409	70,026
#7,543	Kean	4,408	70,042
#7,545	Croom	4,407	70,058
#7,549	Jeffcoat	4,406	70,074

Who is named Kean

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Kean identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keans

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Kean
American businessman and politician; former Governor of New Jersey, born 1935
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, born 1987
Simon Kean
Boxer, born 1989

Notable Keans come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kean

Kean has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Questions

How common is the surname Kean?: 4,408 people in the United States had the surname Kean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,042 Americans. It ranked 7,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kean?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Kean?: Thomas Kean, American businessman and politician; former Governor of New Jersey, followed by Jane Kean.
Where is the surname Kean most common?: Wikidata records people named Kean in the United States, Australia and Canada.
Is the surname Kean getting more or less common?: More common. 4,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,408 in 2010, up 8.3%.