Keefe is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Keefe
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Keefe

How popular is Keefe?

Keefe is common in United States.

Keefe is ranked 25757 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Keefe bearers increased by 1.518917 per cent in 2010 US census to 11028 since 2000, the surname slipped by 215 spots and ranked at 3275. The last name was found in around 37 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.45 97
Hispanic or Latino 2.01 1.29
Others 1.31 0.86
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.24
Black 0.26 0.22
Keefe is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 19835 people have been found who wears Keefe as their family name. Keefe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
8,438 China5
26,321 Israel3
14,078 Japan3
90,215 Germany3
65,594 Belgium2
14,621 Croatia2
139,444 Brazil2
6,103 Cyprus2
26,532 Chile2
40,256 Mexico2
54,135 Philippines2
124,220 Italy2
91,784 Netherlands2
2,151 Fiji2
4,249 Cambodia1
2,211 Brunei1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,704,541 India1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
6,033 Benin1
24,771 Colombia1
480 Micronesia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
6,688 Malawi1
12,741 Ecuador1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,790 Zambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,313 Spain43
7,175 Singapore41
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
227,547 Indonesia28
23,914 Denmark20
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,449 Scotland66
133,875 France61
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Keefe:
4,739 Australia631
24,304 South Africa237
5,027 New Zealand151
3,199 Ireland126
3,094 Wales124
Countries with thousands of Keefe:
3,780 England1,995
3,279 Canada1,441
Countries with ten thousands of Keefe:
2,732 United States14,714
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Johannah Keefe was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 18, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as dressmaker and took Victoria from Liverpool. 22 years old Margaret Keefe, Dan Keefe, aged 23, Margaret Keefe, aged 18, Margt. Keefe, aged 20, David Keefe (20) Workman, Servant Pat Keefe, 19 years old James Keefe, Judith Keefe, aged 22, and 572 other Keefe around 56.9% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, barrel maker/ cooper, tailoress, shoemaker, carpenter migrated to US.

Keefe Namesakes

  • Don Keefer, Actor
  • 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
  • Josie Keefe, Film Art Director
  • Tom Keefer, Catherine McLeod's son
  • Emily Keefe, from 0 mystery, sci-fi flick Bastion, who played the Brooklyn.

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