How common is the surname Kehoe?

7,708 people in the United States had the surname Kehoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,055 Americans. It ranked 4,602nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kehoe?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kehoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kehoe?

Mike Kehoe, American politician (born 1962), followed by Jack Kehoe.

Where is the surname Kehoe most common?

Wikidata records people named Kehoe in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Kehoe getting more or less common?

More common. 7,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,708 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Kehoe

An Irish surname, carried by 7,708 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kehoe is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Keough.

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 7,708 people named Kehoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,055 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,657.

#4,602

rank among US surnames

7,708

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,287)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,593	Angell	7,725	39,967
#4,594	Mauro	7,722	39,983
#4,596	Goolsby	7,721	39,988
#4,597	Batten	7,716	40,014
#4,598	Kling	7,713	40,029
#4,600	Hazel	7,711	40,040
#4,601	Wojcik	7,710	40,045

Who is named Kehoe

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

95% of people named Kehoe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kehoes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Kehoe
American politician (born 1962)
Jack Kehoe
American actor (1934-2020)
Frank Kehoe
American diver (1882–1949)
Andrew Kehoe
American mass murderer and bomber (1872–1927)
Sally Kehoe
Australian rower, born 1986

Notable Kehoes come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kehoe

Kehoe has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kehoe come from?: Variant of Keough.
How common is the surname Kehoe?: 7,708 people in the United States had the surname Kehoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,055 Americans. It ranked 4,602nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kehoe?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kehoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kehoe?: Mike Kehoe, American politician (born 1962), followed by Jack Kehoe.
Where is the surname Kehoe most common?: Wikidata records people named Kehoe in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Kehoe getting more or less common?: More common. 7,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,708 in 2010, up 0.7%.