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    The surname Keleher

    A surname, carried by 1,334 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K460

    Keleher: #20,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keleher #20,047, 1,334 people Keleher: #20,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keleher #20,047, 1,334 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keleher is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,334 people named Keleher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,443 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,269.

    #20,047
    rank among US surnames
    1,334
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,657)

    Who is named Keleher

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

    97% of people named Keleher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keleher

    Keleher has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Keleher?
    1,334 people in the United States had the surname Keleher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,443 Americans. It ranked 20,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keleher?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Keleher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Keleher getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,334 in 2010, up 5.1%.