Kehoe Surname
Approximately 21,564 people bear this surname
Kehoe Surname Definition:
For MacKeogh, q.v.
Kehoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,214 | 1:32,322 | 4,032 |
| Ireland | 3,912 | 1:1,204 | 243 |
| England | 2,355 | 1:23,659 | 3,280 |
| Canada | 2,281 | 1:16,153 | 2,334 |
| Australia | 724 | 1:37,287 | 4,885 |
| Argentina | 225 | 1:189,971 | 15,823 |
| Wales | 144 | 1:21,490 | 2,281 |
| Scotland | 105 | 1:50,989 | 4,384 |
| Northern Ireland | 101 | 1:18,268 | 2,315 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 1:49,762 | 8,043 |
| Mexico | 60 | 1:2,068,770 | 19,099 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,549 | 1:1,738 | 334 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 435 | 1:56,035 | 6,652 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,745 | 1:18,295 | 2,314 |
Kehoe (32) may also be a first name.
Kehoe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For MacKeogh, q.v.
(Irish) The horseman or jockey.
A contraction of the Irish surname Mac Eochy, or Eochaid. The family claim descent from Fergus, king of Ulster, and from Roderick the Great, king of all Ireland.
From the French, Cahot, Cahut, Cayeux; personal name Or see Keogh W. de Keheu in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Kehoe Demographics
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Kehoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kehoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kehoe is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kehoe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kehoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 25,024th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 337,950 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Kehoe live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name globally, held by 32 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 11,214 people, or 1 in 32,322. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 13 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Illinois, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States Kehoe is found in 62 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 18 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.
Kehoe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kehoe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kehoe last name expanded 409 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 153 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 541 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 4,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kehoe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kehoe surname is primarily Catholic (99%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Kehoe surname are 8.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.65% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kehoe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.59% less than the national average, earning R 53,256 per year; in United States they earn 12.63% more than the national average, earning $48,598 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.92% more than the national average, earning $51,133 CAD per year.
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Kehoe Reference & Research
Kehoe/Keogh/Keough 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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