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
Kehoe Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Kehoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kehoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kehoe is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kehoe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 25,024th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 337,950 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Kehoe live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kehoe is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 11,214 people, or 1 in 32,322. In The United States Kehoe is most common in: New York, where 13 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 18 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.
Kehoe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kehoe has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 409 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 153 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 541 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kehoe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kehoe last name is principally Catholic (99%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Kehoe surname are 8.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.65% 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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