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    The surname Keitt

    A surname, carried by 1,765 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K300

    Keitt: #16,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keitt #16,327, 1,765 people Keitt: #16,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keitt #16,327, 1,765 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keitt is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,765 people named Keitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,927 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,361.

    #16,327
    rank among US surnames
    1,765
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,656)

    Who is named Keitt

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

    79% of people named Keitt identified as Black (not Hispanic), 16% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keitt

    Keitt 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 Keitt?
    1,765 people in the United States had the surname Keitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,927 Americans. It ranked 16,327th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keitt?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Keitt identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 16% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Keitt getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,765 in 2010, up 30%.