# Keeling (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keeling/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,938 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,975 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,543 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (8,100 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keelin |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keeling in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keeling in the United States.

## People named Keeling

- Charles David Keeling, American scientist (1928–2005)

## Similar surnames

Kling, Kelling, Koelling, Klinger, Killingsworth, Klink, Kalinowski, Klingler, Klingensmith, Klimek, Kleinschmidt, Killinger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.