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    The surname Keaveney

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 643 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K150

    Keaveney: #35,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Keaveney #35,057, 643 people Keaveney: #35,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Keaveney #35,057, 643 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keaveney is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Géibheannaigh (“son of Géibheannach”), a nickname from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”).

    Keaveney is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 643 people named Keaveney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 480,164 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 612.

    #35,057
    rank among US surnames
    643
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #34,904)

    Who is named Keaveney

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

    96% of people named Keaveney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Keaveny
    • Keavney
    • Keveney
    • Kiveney

    Keaveney has the Soundex code K150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K150.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Keaveney come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Géibheannaigh (“son of Géibheannach”), a nickname from géibheannach (“fettered”), from géibheann (“fetter”).
    How common is the surname Keaveney?
    643 people in the United States had the surname Keaveney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 480,164 Americans. It ranked 35,057th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keaveney?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keaveney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Keaveney?
    Keaveney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Keaveney getting more or less common?
    More common. 612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 643 in 2010, up 5.1%.
    What are other spellings of Keaveney?
    Keaveny, Keavney, Keveney and Kiveney.