How common is the surname O'Keeffe?

2,043 people in the United States had the surname O'Keeffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. It ranked 14,579th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname O'Keeffe?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Keeffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named O'Keeffe?

Miles O'Keeffe, American actor.

Where is the surname O'Keeffe most common?

Wikidata records people named O'Keeffe in the United States.

Is the surname O'Keeffe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,043 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname O'Keeffe

An Irish surname, carried by 2,043 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Keeffe is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of O'Keefe.

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 2,043 people named O'Keeffe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,843.

#14,579

rank among US surnames

2,043

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,778)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,570	Amy	2,045	150,976
#14,571	Varughese	2,044	151,050
#14,579	Boysen	2,043	151,124
#14,585	Strine	2,042	151,198
#14,587	Emrich	2,041	151,272

Who is named O'Keeffe

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

95% of people named O'Keeffe identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous O'Keeffes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Miles O'Keeffe
American actor, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like O'Keeffe

O'Keefe

O'Keeffe has the Soundex code O210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O210.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname O'Keeffe come from?: Variant of O'Keefe.
How common is the surname O'Keeffe?: 2,043 people in the United States had the surname O'Keeffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,124 Americans. It ranked 14,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname O'Keeffe?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Keeffe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named O'Keeffe?: Miles O'Keeffe, American actor.
Where is the surname O'Keeffe most common?: Wikidata records people named O'Keeffe in the United States.
Is the surname O'Keeffe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,043 in 2010, up 11%.