# Keen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keen/  
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) | 18,459 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,959 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,726 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (17,320 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keen 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keen in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Keen

- Steve Keen, Australian economist
- Malcolm Keen, British actor (1887-1970)
- Andrew Keen, American journalist
- Will Keen, British actor
- Dora Keen, American mountain climber (1871-1963)
- Linda Keen, American mathematician
- Sam Keen, author, professor, and philosopher
- Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, British activist

## Similar surnames

Kenney, Keene, Kenny, Keane, Keeney, Kean, Kenna, Keown, Keehn, Keaney, Koen, Kien.

## 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.