# Keough (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keough/  
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) | 4,605 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,243 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,046 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (4,411 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kehoe, Keogh, Kough |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keough 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keough in the United States.

## People named Keough

- Riley Keough, American actress
- Harry Keough, American soccer player (1927-2012)

## Similar surnames

Keo, Keogh, Ke, Koch, Keys, Keyes, Keck, Kish, Koss, Kwok, Koski, Kwak.

## 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.