How common is the surname McKeehan?

2,650 people in the United States had the surname McKeehan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,508 Americans. It ranked 11,810th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKeehan?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McKeehan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McKeehan?

TobyMac, American Christian rapper and singer.

Where is the surname McKeehan most common?

Wikidata records people named McKeehan in the United States.

Is the surname McKeehan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,650 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname McKeehan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,650 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKeehan is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caocháin (“son of Caochán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of caoch (“blind, purblind”).

McKeehan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 2,650 people named McKeehan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,508 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,535.

#11,810

rank among US surnames

2,650

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,399)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508
#11,815	Inglis	2,649	116,552
#11,818	Nalls	2,648	116,596

Who is named McKeehan

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

92% of people named McKeehan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McKeehans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

TobyMac
American Christian rapper and singer, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKeehan

McKeehan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McKeehan come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caocháin (“son of Caochán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of caoch (“blind, purblind”).
How common is the surname McKeehan?: 2,650 people in the United States had the surname McKeehan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,508 Americans. It ranked 11,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKeehan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named McKeehan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McKeehan?: TobyMac, American Christian rapper and singer.
Where is the surname McKeehan most common?: Wikidata records people named McKeehan in the United States.
What type of surname is McKeehan?: McKeehan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McKeehan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,650 in 2010, up 4.5%.