Keavey Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Keavey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 124 | 1:37,975 | 3,056 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 35 | 1:126,568 | 7,344 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Keavey Demographics
Keavey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Keavey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keavey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Keavey is more commonly found in Ireland than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keavey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,067,497th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Keavey are found; 70 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name Keavey is most common in Ireland, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 37,975. In Ireland Keavey is most prevalent in: Leinster, where 42 percent live, Munster, where 32 percent live and Connaught, where 26 percent live. Besides Ireland this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and England, where 15 percent live.
Keavey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keavey has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Keavey last name expanded 354 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 271 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keavey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Keavey surname is principally Catholic (71%) in Ireland.
In The United States Keavey are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Keavey earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 26.74% more than the national average, earning $54,689 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.01% more than the national average, earning $62,608 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Keavey
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