How common is the surname Keogh?

2,612 people in the United States had the surname Keogh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,203 Americans. It ranked 11,965th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keogh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keogh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Keogh?

Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter.

Where is the surname Keogh most common?

Wikidata records people named Keogh in Australia.

Is the surname Keogh getting more or less common?

More common. 2,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,612 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Keogh

An Irish surname, carried by 2,612 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kjoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keogh is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Keough.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,612 people named Keogh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,203 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,558.

#11,965

rank among US surnames

2,612

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,957	Schillinger	2,614	118,112
#11,960	Abernethy	2,613	118,157
#11,965	Germann	2,612	118,203
#11,968	Holtzclaw	2,611	118,248
#11,970	Tadeo	2,610	118,293
#11,971	Goodrum	2,609	118,339

Who is named Keogh

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

95% of people named Keogh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keoghs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vance Joy
Australian singer-songwriter, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keogh

Keogh has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Keogh come from?: Variant of Keough.
How common is the surname Keogh?: 2,612 people in the United States had the surname Keogh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,203 Americans. It ranked 11,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keogh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keogh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keogh?: Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter.
Where is the surname Keogh most common?: Wikidata records people named Keogh in Australia.
How do you pronounce Keogh?: Keogh is /kjoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Keogh getting more or less common?: More common. 2,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,612 in 2010, up 2.1%.