# Keene (surname)

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

An English surname from Old English, a variant of Keen.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,711 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,032 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,432 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (17,161 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kiːn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keene 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

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

## People named Keene

- Mimi Keene, British actress
- Foxhall Keene, American racecar driver, equestrian, polo player, amateur golfer (1867–1941)
- Tom Keene, American actor (1896-1963)
- Laura Keene, actress and manager
- David Keene, American activist
- Day Keene, American writer and screenwriter (1904-1969)
- Phillip P. Keene, American actor
- Marcus Keene, American basketball player (born 1995)

## Similar surnames

Keen, Keane, Keeney, Kean, Keehn, Kuehne, Keohane, Kim, Khan, Kane, Kuhn, Kinney.

## 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.