Keough is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Keough
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Variant Keogh Irish Gaelic name for the Mac Eochaidh (son of Eochaidh, personal name formed on the root = Each horse).

How popular is Keough?

Keough is common in Canada.

Keough is ranked 53632 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Keough bearers increased by 4.398096 per cent in 2010 US census to 4605 since 2000, the surname slipped by 237 spots and ranked at 7243. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.9 95.65
Hispanic or Latino 3.04 1.43
Others 1.37 1
Black 0.89 0.73
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.66
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.22 0.54
Keough is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 8789 people have been found who wears Keough as their family name. Keough is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
101,066 Zimbabwe5
14,078 Japan3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
9,272 Ecuador2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
95,312 Argentina2
151,601 Spain1
3,993 El Salvador1
24,771 Colombia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
172,258 Germany1
810,193 Indonesia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,572 Macau1
492,292 Ukraine1
66,560 Philippines1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
11,040 Scotland39
9,692 Ireland27
11,685 Singapore24
Countries with hundreds of Keough:
4,714 Australia635
18,082 England301
35,546 South Africa146
Countries with thousands of Keough:
6,499 United States5,949
3,005 Canada1,588
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patrick Keough was 34 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on May 7, 1846. He lived in Co.Tipperary, Ireland where he worked as workman and took Macedonia from Liverpool. Ann Keough (22), Cathe. Keough, Ed. Keough (22) Workman, John Keough, 56 years old Michael Keough, Farmer Dennis Keough, Bridgt. Keough (22) , Mary Keough (50) Matron, and 150 other Keough around 49.48% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, mason, servant, joiner, merchant, clerk migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin, Drogheda and Limerick.

Keough Namesakes

  • Benjamin Keough, Lisa Marie Presley's son
  • Riley Keough, Actress
  • Riley Keough, Actress
  • Linda Keough, Olympic athlete
  • Jeana Keough, Model
  • Matt Keough, Baseball athlete
  • Jeana Keough, Model
  • Matt Keough, Baseball athlete
  • Jeana Keough, Model
  • Marty Keough, Baseball player

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