How common is the surname Keefer?

9,552 people in the United States had the surname Keefer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,323 Americans. It ranked 3,713th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keefer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keefer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Keefer?

Don Keefer, American actor (1916–2014).

Where is the surname Keefer most common?

Wikidata records people named Keefer in the United States.

Is the surname Keefer getting more or less common?

More common. 9,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,552 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Keefer

A surname, carried by 9,552 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keefer is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,552 people named Keefer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,323 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,391.

#3,713

rank among US surnames

9,552

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,481)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,704	Ong	9,584	32,215
#3,705	Madera	9,583	32,218
#3,706	Taveras	9,580	32,228
#3,707	Wei	9,578	32,235
#3,708	Fulmer	9,570	32,262
#3,709	Amaral	9,567	32,272
#3,710	Shull	9,565	32,279

Who is named Keefer

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

95% of people named Keefer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keefers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Keefer
American actor (1916–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keefer

Keefer has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.

Questions

How common is the surname Keefer?: 9,552 people in the United States had the surname Keefer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,323 Americans. It ranked 3,713th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keefer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keefer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keefer?: Don Keefer, American actor (1916–2014).
Where is the surname Keefer most common?: Wikidata records people named Keefer in the United States.
Is the surname Keefer getting more or less common?: More common. 9,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,552 in 2010, up 1.7%.