How common is the surname Keddie?

318 people in the United States had the surname Keddie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 970,898 Americans. It ranked 62,903rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keddie?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keddie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Keddie?

Asher Keddie, Australian actress, followed by Nikki Keddie.

Where is the surname Keddie most common?

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

Is the surname Keddie getting more or less common?

More common. 316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 318 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Keddie

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 318 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keddie is more common than 61.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Contraction of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh, derived from a diminutive of Adam. Compare Keddy.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 318 people named Keddie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 970,898 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 316.

#62,903

rank among US surnames

318

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #59,769)

Who is named Keddie

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

96% of people named Keddie identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keddies

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Asher Keddie
Australian actress, born 1974
Nikki Keddie
American orientalist, born 1930

Notable Keddies come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keddie

Keddy

Keddie has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Keddie come from?: Contraction of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh, derived from a diminutive of Adam. Compare Keddy.
How common is the surname Keddie?: 318 people in the United States had the surname Keddie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 970,898 Americans. It ranked 62,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keddie?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keddie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keddie?: Asher Keddie, Australian actress, followed by Nikki Keddie.
Where is the surname Keddie most common?: Wikidata records people named Keddie in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Keddie getting more or less common?: More common. 316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 318 in 2010, up 0.6%.