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    The surname Keehn

    An Irish surname, carried by 2,011 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K500

    Keehn: #14,768 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keehn #14,768, 2,011 people Keehn: #14,768 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keehn #14,768, 2,011 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keehn is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Keehan.

    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 2,011 people named Keehn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,967.

    #14,768
    rank among US surnames
    2,011
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,054)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,761Natarajan2,012153,452
    #14,768Ban2,011153,528
    #14,775Secrist2,010153,605

    Who is named Keehn

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

    96% of people named Keehn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Keehn

    Keehn has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Keehn come from?
    Variant of Keehan.
    How common is the surname Keehn?
    2,011 people in the United States had the surname Keehn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. It ranked 14,768th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keehn?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keehn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Keehn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,011 in 2010, up 2.2%.