How common is the surname Keough?

4,605 people in the United States had the surname Keough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,046 Americans. It ranked 7,243rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keough?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Keough?

Riley Keough, American actress, followed by Harry Keough.

Where is the surname Keough most common?

Wikidata records people named Keough in the United States.

Is the surname Keough getting more or less common?

More common. 4,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,605 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Keough

An Irish surname, carried by 4,605 people in the United States.

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). Keough is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.

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 4,605 people named Keough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,046 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,411.

#7,243

rank among US surnames

4,605

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,006)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,237	Hudgens	4,609	66,988
#7,238	Schlueter	4,608	67,002
#7,240	Goodell	4,607	67,017
#7,243	Keough	4,605	67,046

Who is named Keough

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

94% of people named Keough identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keoughs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Riley Keough
American actress, born 1989
Harry Keough
American soccer player (1927-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kehoe
Keogh
Kough

Surnames that sound like Keough

Keough 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 Keough come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.
How common is the surname Keough?: 4,605 people in the United States had the surname Keough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,046 Americans. It ranked 7,243rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keough?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keough?: Riley Keough, American actress, followed by Harry Keough.
Where is the surname Keough most common?: Wikidata records people named Keough in the United States.
Is the surname Keough getting more or less common?: More common. 4,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,605 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Keough?: Kehoe, Keogh and Kough.