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Where Does The Last Name Keeve Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Keeve is found most in South Africa. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Keevé or Keevè. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Keeve? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 503,100^th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Keeve reside; 42 percent reside in Southern Africa and 42 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Keeve is also the 1,525,482^nd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 44 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 271 people, or 1 in 199,918. In South Africa Keeve is most common in: Gauteng, where 26 percent reside, Free State, where 21 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 19 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Germany, where 12 percent reside.

Keeve Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Keeve has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Keeve last name grew 779 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 1,000 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it grew 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Keeve Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Keeve surname are 1.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.35% registered with the political party.

The amount Keeve earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 180.65% more than the national average, earning R 666,924 per year and in United States they earn 16.44% more than the national average, earning $50,241 USD per year.