# Keller (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keller/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 98,268 |
| US rank (2010) | 317 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,142 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (94,300 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Keller (“storehouse”). * As an English surname, from queller (“hangman, executioner, killer”). * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Keillor, from gu leòr (“plenty, enough, sufficient”) (comparable to galore).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keller in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keller in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Germany.

## People named Keller

- Helen Keller, American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)
- Evelyn Fox Keller, American physicist, author and feminist
- Kasey Keller, American soccer player (born 1969)
- Klete Keller, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
- Joseph Keller, American mathematician (1923–2016)
- Rachel Keller, American actress
- Timothy J. Keller, American pastor (1950–2023)
- Clayton Keller, American ice hockey player
- Mary Page Keller, American actress
- Thomas Keller, American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer
- John Keller, basketball player
- Hiram Keller, American actor (1944-1997)

and 21 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Koehler, Keeler, Koller, Kellar, Koeller, Kehler, Kelleher, Kelliher, Keleher, Kohler, Kahler, Kaylor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.