Keef Surname

349,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Keef Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Kind, Beloved, Gentle [Irish and Gaelic caomh (mh as v), genit. caoimh, as in Irish O'Caoimh (O’Keeffe) = ‘Grandson or Des­cendant of Caomh’]

Keef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9671:374,82833,176
England251:2,228,72284,230
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1191:204,83516,153
Wales141:112,0304,740
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0591:47,4215,430

Keef (157) may also be a first name.

Keef Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Kind, Beloved, Gentle [Irish and Gaelic caomh (mh as v), genit. caoimh, as in Irish O'Caoimh (O’Keeffe) = ‘Grandson or Des­cendant of Caomh’]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Keef Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Keef Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Keef is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keef? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 349,405th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,973,728 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Keef live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 732,696th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 157 people.

Keef is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 967 people, or 1 in 374,828. In The United States Keef is mostly found in: Alabama, where 16 percent live, Tennessee, where 11 percent live and Oklahoma, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Keef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Keef has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 9 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Keef Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Keef last name are 30.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.9% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Keef earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 10.22% less than the national average, earning R 213,348 per year and in United States they earn 2.47% less than the national average, earning $42,085 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Kef861,168/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Keef
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