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

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

How popular is Kehoe?

Kehoe is common in United States.

Kehoe is ranked 24474 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kehoe bearers increased by 0.6660572 per cent in 2010 US census to 7708 since 2000, the surname slipped by 315 spots and ranked at 4602. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.98 96.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.42
Others 1.62 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.61
Black 0.31 0.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.13 0.14
Kehoe is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 20950 people have been found who wears Kehoe as their family name. Kehoe is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
90,215 Germany3
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
23,344 Austria2
15,999 Slovakia2
21,529 Singapore2
9,185 Hong Kong2
18,625 Japan2
147,165 Czech Republic2
10,284 Kuwait2
7,292 Vietnam1
717 Bhutan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
25,746 Finland1
5,916 Mozambique1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
53,505 Turkey1
1,818 Guernsey1
3,071 Jersey1
12,745 Luxembourg1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
58,885 Poland1
4,171 Rwanda1
24,771 Colombia1
20,172 Hungary1
66,560 Philippines1
11,923 Slovenia1
7,895 South Korea1
1,254 Gibraltar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
44,472 Spain46
23,537 Switzerland45
26,164 Sweden36
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,621 New Zealand95
14,725 Peru85
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
22,440 Belgium74
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Kehoe:
4,775 Australia628
8,583 Argentina627
17,404 Mexico209
2,197 Wales181
71,478 France135
5,046 Scotland112
2,133 Northern Ireland107
Countries with thousands of Kehoe:
240 Ireland3,478
3,130 England2,463
2,359 Canada2,121
Countries with ten thousands of Kehoe:
3,913 United States10,240
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Kehoe was 21 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 30, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Mersey from Liverpool. 22 years old Brigt. Kehoe, 24 years old Daniel Kehoe, Workwoman Mary Kehoe, Workman Christy Kehoe, Michael Kehoe, aged 28, 30 years old Pat Kehoe, John Kehoe, aged 20, Thomas Kehoe (6), and 119 other Kehoe around 45.57% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, tailoress, spinster, mechanic migrated to US.

Kehoe Namesakes

  • Brendan Kehoe, Software developer
  • Paul Kehoe, Teachta Dála
  • Patrick Kehoe, Politician
  • Paul Kehoe, Teachta Dála
  • Greg Kehoe, Politician
  • Walter Kehoe, U.S. representative
  • Patrick Kehoe, Politician
  • Patrick Kehoe, Politician
  • Rick Kehoe, Ice hockey player
  • Julie Anna Kehoe, Hair Stylist

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