How common is the surname Keyes?

18,252 people in the United States had the surname Keyes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,916 Americans. It ranked 1,979th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Keyes?

Daniel Keyes, American author, followed by Irwin Keyes.

Where is the surname Keyes most common?

Wikidata records people named Keyes in the United States.

How do you pronounce Keyes?

Keyes is /kiːz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Keyes getting more or less common?

More common. 16,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,252 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Keyes

A surname, carried by 18,252 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kiːz/ 1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keyes is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,252 people named Keyes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,916 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,020.

#1,979

rank among US surnames

18,252

people in 2010

6.2

per 100,000 Americans

+13.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,079)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,970	Haywood	18,360	16,816
#1,971	Najera	18,340	16,835
#1,973	Stapleton	18,332	16,842
#1,974	Batista	18,323	16,850
#1,975	Wilkes	18,314	16,858
#1,976	Lopes	18,310	16,862
#1,977	Richey	18,296	16,875

Who is named Keyes

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

61% of people named Keyes identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keyess

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Keyes
American author, 1927–2014
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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keyes

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

Questions

How common is the surname Keyes?: 18,252 people in the United States had the surname Keyes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,916 Americans. It ranked 1,979th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keyes?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Keyes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Keyes?: Daniel Keyes, American author, followed by Irwin Keyes.
Where is the surname Keyes most common?: Wikidata records people named Keyes in the United States.
How do you pronounce Keyes?: Keyes is /kiːz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Keyes getting more or less common?: More common. 16,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,252 in 2010, up 14%.