How common is the surname Keim?

7,769 people in the United States had the surname Keim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,741 Americans. It ranked 4,565th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keim?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Keim?

Betty Lou Keim, American actress (1938-2010).

Where is the surname Keim most common?

Wikidata records people named Keim in the United States.

Is the surname Keim getting more or less common?

More common. 6,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,769 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Keim

A Yiddish surname, carried by 7,769 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K500

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

Origin

Yiddish origin

* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קײַם (kaym), a name from Hebrew קיים (“existing, enduring, tough”). * As a German surname, from the noun Keim (“sprout, shoot”). Sometimes also a pet form of Joachim. Compare Kaim.

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,769 people named Keim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,741 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,561.

#4,565

rank among US surnames

7,769

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,556	Yeung	7,782	39,674
#4,557	Lilley	7,780	39,685
#4,558	Poling	7,779	39,690
#4,559	Talavera	7,777	39,700
#4,560	Choe	7,776	39,705
#4,561	Barrows	7,773	39,720
#4,562	Dvorak	7,771	39,730

Who is named Keim

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

96% of people named Keim identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keims

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betty Lou Keim
American actress (1938-2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keim

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

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Keim come from?: * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קײַם (kaym), a name from Hebrew קיים (“existing, enduring, tough”). * As a German surname, from the noun Keim (“sprout, shoot”). Sometimes also a pet form of Joachim. Compare Kaim.
How common is the surname Keim?: 7,769 people in the United States had the surname Keim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,741 Americans. It ranked 4,565th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keim?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keim?: Betty Lou Keim, American actress (1938-2010).
Where is the surname Keim most common?: Wikidata records people named Keim in the United States.
Is the surname Keim getting more or less common?: More common. 6,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,769 in 2010, up 18%.