# Keating (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keating/  
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) | 17,060 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,121 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,098 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (16,392 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keating 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keating in the United States and Australia.

## People named Keating

- Paul Keating, Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
- Kenneth Keating, American politician and diplomat (1900–1975)
- Larry Keating, American actor (1899–1963)
- Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk (1923–2018)
- Bill Keating, American politician (born 1952)
- Amy Keating Rogers, American screenwriter
- Frank Keating, American politician
- Ben Keating, American racing driver
- Charles Keating, American businessman (1923-2014)
- William H. Keating, American geologist (1799–1840)
- Fred Keating, American magician (1897-1961)
- William J. Keating, American politician (1927-2020)

## Similar surnames

Kittinger.

## 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.