# Keyes (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 18,252 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,979 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,916 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (16,020 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kiːz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keyes 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keyes in the United States.

## People named Keyes

- Daniel Keyes, American author
- Irwin Keyes, American character actor (1952-2015)
- Evelyn Keyes, American film actress (1916-2008)
- Alan Keyes, American politician (born 1950)
- Israel Keyes, American serial killer (1978–2012)
- Henry W. Keyes, American politician (1862-1938)
- Ken Keyes Jr., American spiritual writer (1921–1995)

## Similar surnames

Keys, Keesee, Keese, Kees, Koch, Keck, Kish, Koss, Kwok, Koski, Keough, 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.