# Keefe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keefe/  
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) | 11,028 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,275 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,997 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (10,863 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keefe 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keefe in the United States.

## People named Keefe

- Brian Keefe, American basketball coach
- Zena Keefe, American actress (1896–1976)
- Tim Keefe, American baseball player (1857–1933)
- Adam Keefe, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Ad-Rock, American rapper, guitarist, and actor (born 1966)

## Similar surnames

Kopp, Kipp, Kapp, Koop, Kopf, Kaba, Kibbe, Koepp, Kouba, Kibby, Kaup, Koob.

## 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.