How common is the surname Keo?

3,223 people in the United States had the surname Keo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Keo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Keo

A surname, carried by 3,223 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keo is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,223 people named Keo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,512.

#10,001

rank among US surnames

3,223

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+28.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,496)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824

Who is named Keo

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

88% of people named Keo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.3% as two or more races and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
Two or more races 4.3%
White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keo

Keo has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.

Questions

How common is the surname Keo?: 3,223 people in the United States had the surname Keo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keo?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Keo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Keo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 28%.