Okeefe is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Okeefe
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Okeefe

How popular is Okeefe?

Okeefe is common in United States.

Okeefe is ranked 29518 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Okeefe bearers increased by 3.476142 per cent in 2010 US census to 17414 since 2000, the surname slipped by 113 spots and ranked at 2079. The last name was found in around 59 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.72 96
Hispanic or Latino 2.66 1.77
Others 1.26 1.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.72 0.5
Black 0.36 0.34
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.27
Okeefe is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 17066 people have been found who wears Okeefe as their family name. Okeefe 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
127,708 Czech Republic3
65,594 Belgium2
14,521 Portugal2
40,256 Mexico2
30,360 Thailand1
810,193 Indonesia1
13,447 Uganda1
10,683 Cyprus1
16,640 Hong Kong1
29,595 Iran1
40,340 Malaysia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
47,891 Norway1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
28,746 Algeria1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
6,873 Ireland44
17,920 New Zealand28
81,586 Spain17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Okeefe:
11,085 England565
5,545 Australia535
11,941 Canada323
3,682 Wales102
Countries with ten thousands of Okeefe:
2,643 United States15,227
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Laurence Okeefe from Ireland aboard the Liberty from Cork during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on May 21, 1846. William Okeefe (20) Workman, Mrs Okeefe, aged 27, Bridget Okeefe (18) Immigrant, Patk. Okeefe, aged 25, Johanna Okeefe (29) Workwoman, Catherine Okeefe, Michael Okeefe, aged 20, 22 years old Bridgt. Okeefe, and 144 other Okeefe around 53.25% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and mason, servant, miller migrated to US.

Okeefe Namesakes

  • Barbi Okeefe, Actress
  • Daniel Okeefe, Actor
  • Kerry-Anne Okeefe, Model

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