How common is the surname McKeown?

7,357 people in the United States had the surname McKeown in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,966 Americans. It ranked 4,805th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McKeown?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McKeown identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named McKeown?

Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer, followed by Taylor McKeown.

Where is the surname McKeown most common?

Wikidata records people named McKeown in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname McKeown getting more or less common?

More common. 7,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,357 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname McKeown

A surname, carried by 7,357 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). McKeown is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,357 people named McKeown in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,966 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,199.

#4,805

rank among US surnames

7,357

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,529)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,796	Shane	7,372	41,881
#4,797	Bettencourt	7,365	41,921
#4,799	Crites	7,363	41,932
#4,800	Pinson	7,362	41,938
#4,801	Sung	7,360	41,949
#4,802	Spooner	7,359	41,955
#4,804	Irons	7,358	41,961

Who is named McKeown

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

93% of people named McKeown identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McKeowns

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kaylee McKeown
Australian swimmer, born 2001
Taylor McKeown
Australian swimmer, born 1995
Charles McKeown
British actor and screenwriter, born 1946
Geraldine McEwan
British actress (1932-2015)
Tara Rudd
American soccer player, born 1999

Notable McKeowns come mostly from Australia (2), the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKeown

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

Questions

How common is the surname McKeown?: 7,357 people in the United States had the surname McKeown in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,966 Americans. It ranked 4,805th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKeown?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McKeown identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McKeown?: Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer, followed by Taylor McKeown.
Where is the surname McKeown most common?: Wikidata records people named McKeown in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname McKeown getting more or less common?: More common. 7,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,357 in 2010, up 2.2%.