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The surname Keese

A surname, carried by 2,802 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Keese: #11,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keese #11,275, 2,802 people Keese: #11,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keese #11,275, 2,802 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keese is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,802 people named Keese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. That is up 79% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,569.

#11,275
rank among US surnames
2,802
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+78.6%
change since 2000 (was #16,761)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,269Eckard2,806110,030
#11,272Yeo2,805110,070
#11,273Gallman2,804110,109
#11,275Keese2,802110,188
#11,279Wilford2,801110,227
#11,283Rasberry2,800110,266

Who is named Keese

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

78% of people named Keese identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 78%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keese

Keese has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Questions

How common is the surname Keese?
2,802 people in the United States had the surname Keese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,188 Americans. It ranked 11,275th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keese?
In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Keese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Keese getting more or less common?
More common. 1,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,802 in 2010, up 79%.