How common is the surname Keegan?

10,354 people in the United States had the surname Keegan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,819 Americans. It ranked 3,450th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keegan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keegan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Keegan most common?

Wikidata records people named Keegan in the United States.

How do you pronounce Keegan?

Keegan is /ˈkiɡən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Keegan getting more or less common?

More common. 9,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,354 in 2010, up 7.2%.

Is Keegan also a first name?

Yes. Keegan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Keegan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 10,354 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkiɡən/ 2 syllables Soundex K250 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keegan is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”).

Keegan 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 10,354 people named Keegan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,819 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,662.

#3,450

rank among US surnames

10,354

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,388)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,441	Fugate	10,375	29,759
#3,442	Noll	10,374	29,761
#3,443	Lafferty	10,373	29,764
#3,444	McMillen	10,371	29,770
#3,445	Healey	10,370	29,773
#3,447	Burge	10,364	29,790
#3,448	Aldana	10,362	29,796

Who is named Keegan

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

95% of people named Keegan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keegans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Keegan
American actor, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Keagan
Egan
Kigan
Kegan

Surnames that sound like Keegan

Keegan has the Soundex code K250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Keegan come from?: Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”).
How common is the surname Keegan?: 10,354 people in the United States had the surname Keegan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,819 Americans. It ranked 3,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keegan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keegan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keegan?: Andrew Keegan, American actor.
Where is the surname Keegan most common?: Wikidata records people named Keegan in the United States.
How do you pronounce Keegan?: Keegan is /ˈkiɡən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Keegan?: Keegan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Keegan getting more or less common?: More common. 9,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,354 in 2010, up 7.2%.
What are other spellings of Keegan?: Keagan, Egan, Kigan and Kegan.
Is Keegan also a first name?: Yes. Keegan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.