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    The surname Keita

    A surname, carried by 1,517 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K300

    Keita: #18,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keita #18,296, 1,517 people Keita: #18,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keita #18,296, 1,517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keita is more common than 88.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,517 people named Keita in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. That is up 125% since 2000, when the Census counted 673.

    #18,296
    rank among US surnames
    1,517
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +125.4%
    change since 2000 (was #32,267)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,296Khatun1,517203,524
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658

    Who is named Keita

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

    94% of people named Keita identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Keitas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mandela Keita
      Belgian footballer, born 2002
    • Aboubacar Keita
      American soccer player, born 2000

    Notable Keitas come mostly from Belgium (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keita

    Keita has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Keita?
    1,517 people in the United States had the surname Keita in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,524 Americans. It ranked 18,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keita?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keita identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Keita?
    Mandela Keita, Belgian footballer, followed by Aboubacar Keita.
    Where is the surname Keita most common?
    Wikidata records people named Keita in Belgium and the United States.
    Is the surname Keita getting more or less common?
    More common. 673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,517 in 2010, up 125%.