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    The surname Keelan

    A patronymic surname, carried by 758 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K450

    Keelan: #30,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Keelan #30,735, 758 people Keelan: #30,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Keelan #30,735, 758 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keelan is more common than 81.1% of them.

    Origin

    Two main etymologies: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céileacháin (“descendant of Céileachán”), a diminutive of céile (“companion”). * Welsh habitational surname for someone from Cilan.

    Keelan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 758 people named Keelan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 407,316 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 754.

    #30,735
    rank among US surnames
    758
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #29,516)

    Who is named Keelan

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

    90% of people named Keelan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keelan

    Keelan has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Keelan come from?
    Two main etymologies: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Céileacháin (“descendant of Céileachán”), a diminutive of céile (“companion”). * Welsh habitational surname for someone from Cilan.
    How common is the surname Keelan?
    758 people in the United States had the surname Keelan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 407,316 Americans. It ranked 30,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keelan?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Keelan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Keelan?
    Keelan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Keelan getting more or less common?
    More common. 754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 758 in 2010, up 0.5%.