How common is the surname McKeen?

2,370 people in the United States had the surname McKeen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,272 Americans. It ranked 12,961st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKeen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McKeen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname McKeen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,370 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname McKeen

An Irish surname, carried by 2,370 people in the United States.

2 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). McKeen is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Northern Irish variant of McKean.

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 2,370 people named McKeen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,272 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,181.

#12,961

rank among US surnames

2,370

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,953	Silverberg	2,371	130,217
#12,961	Rine	2,370	130,272
#12,965	Stigall	2,369	130,327
#12,968	Highfill	2,368	130,382

Who is named McKeen

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

93% of people named McKeen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKeen

McKeen 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 McKeen come from?: Northern Irish variant of McKean.
How common is the surname McKeen?: 2,370 people in the United States had the surname McKeen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,272 Americans. It ranked 12,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKeen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McKeen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname McKeen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,181 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,370 in 2010, up 8.7%.