How common is the surname Keele?

3,661 people in the United States had the surname Keele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,334 Americans. It ranked 8,941st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Keele getting more or less common?

More common. 2,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,661 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Keele

An English surname, carried by 3,661 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kil/ 1 syllable Soundex K400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keele is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English cȳ, plural of cū (“cow”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”); "the hill where cows graze".

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,661 people named Keele in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,334 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,996.

#8,941

rank among US surnames

3,661

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+22.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,934)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,936	Nickelson	3,664	84,265
#8,938	Galligan	3,663	84,288
#8,939	Cram	3,662	84,311
#8,941	Zhen	3,661	84,334
#8,944	Koger	3,660	84,357
#8,946	Blackstone	3,659	84,380

Who is named Keele

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

88% of people named Keele identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keele

Keele has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Keele come from?: From Old English cȳ, plural of cū (“cow”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”); "the hill where cows graze".
How common is the surname Keele?: 3,661 people in the United States had the surname Keele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,334 Americans. It ranked 8,941st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keele?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Keele identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Keele?: Keele is /kil/, one syllable.
Is the surname Keele getting more or less common?: More common. 2,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,661 in 2010, up 22%.