How common is the surname McKeon?

7,283 people in the United States had the surname McKeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,393 Americans. It ranked 4,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKeon?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McKeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McKeon?

Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer (born 1994), followed by Nancy McKeon.

Where is the surname McKeon most common?

Wikidata records people named McKeon in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce McKeon?

McKeon is /məˈkjoʊn/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname McKeon getting more or less common?

More common. 7,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,283 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname McKeon

An Irish surname, carried by 7,283 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkjoʊn/ 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). McKeon is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Mac Eoghain, Mac Eoin.

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 7,283 people named McKeon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,393 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,255.

#4,839

rank among US surnames

7,283

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,503)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,831	Huntington	7,306	42,259
#4,833	Nelms	7,303	42,277
#4,834	Lindgren	7,300	42,294
#4,835	Tibbs	7,294	42,329
#4,836	Bare	7,291	42,346
#4,837	Das	7,289	42,358
#4,838	Lowman	7,284	42,387

Who is named McKeon

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

95% of people named McKeon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McKeons

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emma McKeon
Australian swimmer (born 1994)
Nancy McKeon
American actress (born 1966)
Lindsey McKeon
Actress, born 1982
Philip McKeon
American child actor (1964-2019)
Howard McKeon
American politician, born 1938
Matt McKeon
American soccer player, born 1974
David McKeon
Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medalist, born 1992
Doug McKeon
American actor, born 1966

Notable McKeons come mostly from the United States (6) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKeon

McKeon 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 McKeon come from?: From Irish Mac Eoghain, Mac Eoin.
How common is the surname McKeon?: 7,283 people in the United States had the surname McKeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,393 Americans. It ranked 4,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKeon?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named McKeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McKeon?: Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer (born 1994), followed by Nancy McKeon.
Where is the surname McKeon most common?: Wikidata records people named McKeon in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce McKeon?: McKeon is /məˈkjoʊn/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname McKeon getting more or less common?: More common. 7,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,283 in 2010, up 0.4%.