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

Keye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ, Hindi: केये, Marathi: केये) occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant: Keyé. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 197,862^nd most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,445,648 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Keye are found; 33 percent are found in Central Africa and 32 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 252,656^th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,012 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 886,208. In The United States Keye is most frequent in: California, where 17 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and North Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States Keye is found in 34 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.

Keye Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Keye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Keye surname increased 372 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 631 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 280 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Keye Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (90%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Keye surname are 7.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.87% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Keye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.54% less than the national average, earning R 81,900 per year; in United States they earn 7.04% less than the national average, earning $40,111 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.05% more than the national average, earning $50,206 CAD per year.