# Keys (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/keys/  
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) | 18,899 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,900 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,337 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (17,763 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Keys 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Keys in the United States.

## People named Keys

- Ancel Keys, American nutritionist (1904-2004)
- Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (1943-2014)
- Peter Keys, American keyboardist
- Martha Keys, American politician

## Similar surnames

Kays, Keese, Kees, Kies, Keyes, Koch, Keck, Kish, Koss, Kwok, Koski, Keough.

## 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.