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    The surname Keeney

    An Irish surname, carried by 9,294 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K500

    Keeney: #3,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Keeney #3,813, 9,294 people Keeney: #3,813 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keeney #3,813, 9,294 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keeney is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Keaney.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,294 people named Keeney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,220 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,862.

    #3,813
    rank among US surnames
    9,294
    people in 2010
    3.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,677)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,807Toscano9,30133,195
    #3,809Bratton9,30033,198
    #3,811Gaona9,29933,202
    #3,813Trapp9,29433,220

    Who is named Keeney

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

    95% of people named Keeney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Keeneys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maddison Keeney
      Australian diver, born 1996

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Keeney

    Keeney has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Keeney come from?
    Variant of Keaney.
    How common is the surname Keeney?
    9,294 people in the United States had the surname Keeney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,220 Americans. It ranked 3,813th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keeney?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keeney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Keeney?
    Maddison Keeney, Australian diver.
    Where is the surname Keeney most common?
    Wikidata records people named Keeney in Australia.
    Is the surname Keeney getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,294 in 2010, up 4.9%.