How common is the surname Keeton?

9,748 people in the United States had the surname Keeton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,673 Americans. It ranked 3,647th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Keeton getting more or less common?

More common. 9,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,748 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Keeton

A surname, carried by 9,748 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keeton is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,748 people named Keeton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,673 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,342.

#3,647

rank among US surnames

9,748

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,500)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,638	Albers	9,766	31,614
#3,640	Sutter	9,760	31,634
#3,641	Lindstrom	9,754	31,653
#3,642	Badillo	9,753	31,656
#3,644	Thatcher	9,752	31,660
#3,645	Weis	9,750	31,666
#3,646	Doll	9,749	31,669

Who is named Keeton

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

84% of people named Keeton identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keeton

Keaton

Keeton has the Soundex code K350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K350.

Questions

How common is the surname Keeton?: 9,748 people in the United States had the surname Keeton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,673 Americans. It ranked 3,647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keeton?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Keeton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Keeton getting more or less common?: More common. 9,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,748 in 2010, up 4.3%.