Keating Surname
Approximately 49,787 people bear this surname
Keating Surname Definition:
1 the Irish Céitinn. But Dr. Joyce says that the name is not native Irish; so that it may be for the French Catin, from (with diminutive suff -in) 1 Old Norse kát-r (v. under Keat); 2 Latin cat-us, ‘sagacious,’ ‘cunning’; 3 Old NorseFrench cat, ‘cat.
Read More About This SurnameKeating Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,405 | 1:14,267 | 1,783 |
| England | 6,275 | 1:8,879 | 1,285 |
| Ireland | 5,862 | 1:803 | 142 |
| Australia | 5,749 | 1:4,696 | 683 |
| Canada | 3,813 | 1:9,663 | 1,451 |
| New Zealand | 538 | 1:8,417 | 1,447 |
| South Africa | 391 | 1:138,562 | 15,990 |
| Scotland | 354 | 1:15,124 | 1,895 |
| Wales | 268 | 1:11,547 | 1,284 |
| Northern Ireland | 258 | 1:7,151 | 1,252 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Jamaica | 97 | 1:29,587 | 2,210 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Luxembourg | 30 | 1:19,351 | 4,315 |
| Isle of Man | 29 | 1:2,959 | 610 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Bahamas | 26 | 1:15,067 | 780 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Jersey | 25 | 1:3,968 | 780 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Puerto Rico | 16 | 1:221,884 | 2,323 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Cayman Islands | 4 | 1:15,973 | 1,430 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,503 | 1:984 | 174 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,266 | 1:19,254 | 2,769 |
| Scotland | 137 | 1:27,323 | 2,433 |
| Wales | 72 | 1:21,784 | 1,255 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,286 | 1:9,500 | 1,214 |
Keating (166) may also be a first name.
Keating Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1 the Irish Céitinn. But Dr. Joyce says that the name is not native Irish; so that it may be for the French Catin, from (with diminutive suff -in) 1 Old Norse kát-r (v. under Keat); 2 Latin cat-us, ‘sagacious,’ ‘cunning’; 3 Old NorseFrench cat, ‘cat.’ . . . the Keatins, the Connors, O-Car- rell, O-Molloy, and all that heape of Irish nations.—Spenser, The Present State of Ireland, (c. 1595.) 2 conf. with Keaty, q.v.
One of the earliest of the hibernicized Anglo-Norman families, whose name was gaelicized Céitinn.
They settled in south Leinster. Bibl; IF 193 etc; MIF 11*; Map Wex; Plate XVII
(Irish) Descendant of the reasonable or urbane person; grandson of Ceatfhaidh (sense).
Keating Demographics
Keating Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Keating Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keating Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keating is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keating? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keating is the 11,285th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 146,374 people. Keating is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Keating reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 710,504th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 166 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 25,405 people, or 1 in 14,267. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 9 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States Keating is found in 77 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent are found and Ireland, where 12 percent are found.
Keating Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Keating has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Keating surname rose 481 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 496 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 130 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 372 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keating Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Keating surname is primarily Catholic (95%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Keating last name are 5.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.54% registered with the political party.
The amount Keating earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.68% more than the national average, earning R 474,516 per year; in United States they earn 13.48% more than the national average, earning $48,965 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.32% more than the national average, earning $50,838 CAD per year.
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Keating Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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