Keef is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Keef
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Keef

How popular is Keef?

Keef is ranked 268090 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Keefs plummeted by 0.1424501 per cent to 701 since 2000 and slipped by 1515 spots and ranked at 32750. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.86 96.15
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.99
Others 1.57 0
Keef is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Sweden. Around 1161 people have been found who wears Keef as their family name. Keef is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
280,667 Canada5
720,003 Russia4
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,500,361 India2
174,544 Czech Republic1
151,601 Spain1
279,271 Australia1
53,505 Turkey1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
153,416 Italy1
49,101 Denmark1
169,904 Brazil1
120,357 Argentina1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
32,811 Sweden29
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
50,317 England75
Countries with hundreds of Keef:
31,331 United States938

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old workman James Keef who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 18, 1848 by Waterloo put out from Liverpool. Workman James Keef, 32 years old Ellen Keef, 12 years old Mary Keef, Margaret Keef, Michael Keef (30) Workman, Tim Keef (17) Workman, Michael Keef, aged 25, Daniel Keef (27) Immigrant, and 44 other Keef around 64.1% of whom were workman while others worked as blacksmith and servant, farmer migrated to US.

Keef Namesakes

  • Ardith Keef, Musical artist
  • Don Keefer, Actor
  • Barrie Keeffe, Dramatist
  • Bettye Keefer, Actress
  • Sheldon Keefe, Ice hockey coach
  • Francis Henry Keefer, Canadian Politician
  • Chana Keefer, Actress
  • Derl Keefer, Author
  • Don Keefer, Actor
  • Francis Henry Keefer, Canadian Politician

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