Keenan Surname
Approximately 55,219 people bear this surname
Keenan Surname Definition:
A Galloway surname, also recorded in Aberdeen. Perhaps from Irish MacCianain or O'Cianain, 'son or descendant of Cianan.' The O'Cianains were a literary family in Ulster, hereditary historians to the Maguires (Woulfe).
Keenan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27,351 | 1:13,252 | 1,646 |
| England | 7,806 | 1:7,138 | 1,038 |
| Ireland | 4,384 | 1:1,074 | 207 |
| Australia | 4,309 | 1:6,265 | 913 |
| Canada | 2,862 | 1:12,874 | 1,904 |
| Scotland | 2,791 | 1:1,918 | 349 |
| Northern Ireland | 2,737 | 1:674 | 107 |
| New Zealand | 1,327 | 1:3,412 | 520 |
| Wales | 381 | 1:8,122 | 902 |
| South Africa | 306 | 1:177,051 | 19,513 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Thailand | 94 | 1:751,472 | 122,930 |
| Brazil | 88 | 1:2,432,663 | 74,473 |
| Argentina | 83 | 1:514,981 | 37,804 |
| Isle of Man | 73 | 1:1,176 | 186 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Spain | 56 | 1:834,858 | 33,799 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Jersey | 27 | 1:3,674 | 721 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,635 | 1:956 | 165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,528 | 1:15,952 | 2,349 |
| Scotland | 991 | 1:3,777 | 615 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:49,013 | 2,509 |
| Isle of Man | 13 | 1:4,175 | 439 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,584 | 1:7,627 | 977 |
Keenan (10,257) may also be a first name.
Keenan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Galloway surname, also recorded in Aberdeen. Perhaps from Irish MacCianain or O'Cianain, 'son or descendant of Cianan.' The O'Cianains were a literary family in Ulster, hereditary historians to the Maguires (Woulfe).
= Keen (Celtic), q.v. + the Irish diminutive suff. -án.
(Irish) Grandson of little Cian (ancient).
Contracted from Mac Cianain, 'Cianan's Son' (cianan is a diminutive of cian, which is itself a diminutive of ci, 'to weep').
'CIANAN, Bishop of Doimhliag, died A.D. 488.' A purely Manx name.
Keenan Demographics
Average Male Keenan Height
176.77 cm
Average Female Keenan Height
163.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Keenan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keenan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keenan (Arabic: كينن, Marathi: िकनन) occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keenan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,199th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 131,975 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Keenan are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Keenan is also the 60,223rd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 10,257 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 27,351 people, or 1 in 13,252. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 11 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 84 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and Ireland, where 8 percent are found.
Keenan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Keenan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 415 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 511 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 5 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 282 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,191 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keenan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (91%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Keenan last name are 6.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.28% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Keenan earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 40.48% more than the national average, earning R 333,840 per year; in United States they earn 10.63% more than the national average, earning $47,735 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.15% more than the national average, earning $55,221 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keenan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keenan in the Marathi language | ||
| िकनन | ikanana | - |
| Keenan in the Arabic language | ||
| كينن | kynn | - |
| كينان | kynan | - |
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Keenan Reference & Research
Keenan DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Keenan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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