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    The surname Keck

    A surname, carried by 11,186 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K200

    Keck: #3,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Keck #3,227, 11,186 people Keck: #3,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keck #3,227, 11,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keck is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,186 people named Keck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,601 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,001.

    #3,227
    rank among US surnames
    11,186
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,023)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,218Newsom11,21827,522
    #3,219Shipp11,21727,525
    #3,220Dao11,21127,540
    #3,222Sage11,20727,549
    #3,223Brockman11,20427,557
    #3,224Nino11,20227,562
    #3,225Parent11,19327,584

    Who is named Keck

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

    94% of people named Keck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kecks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Keck
      American artist (1875−1951)
    • David D. Keck
      American botanist (1903-1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Keck

    Keck has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Keck?
    11,186 people in the United States had the surname Keck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,601 Americans. It ranked 3,227th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keck?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Keck?
    Charles Keck, American artist (1875−1951), followed by David D. Keck.
    Where is the surname Keck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Keck in the United States.
    Is the surname Keck getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,186 in 2010, up 1.7%.