# Keogh (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,612 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,965 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,203 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (2,558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kjoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Keough.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keogh 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keogh in Australia.

## People named Keogh

- Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Ko, Keough, Keo, Ke, Koch, Keys, Keyes, Keck, Kish, Koss, Kwok, Koski.

## 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.