Kean is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kean
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: Ceann, the head, the top, a chief, a commander

How popular is Kean?

Kean is common in Australia.

Kean is ranked 16667 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kean bearers increased by 8.251473 per cent in 2010 US census to 4408 since 2000, the surname slipped by 10 spots and ranked at 7543. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.27 92.36
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.06 2.6
Hispanic or Latino 2.56 1.4
Black 1.97 1.62
Others 1.72 1.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.29
Kean is quite popular family name mostly used in Malaysia while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 31514 people have been found who wears Kean as their family name. Kean is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
2,967 Vietnam3
7,619 Ecuador3
706 Burundi2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
147,165 Czech Republic2
54,641 Sweden2
8,995 Uganda2
900 Laos2
7,574 Bangladesh2
1,118 Isle of Man2
40,064 Nigeria2
12,172 Ghana2
20,186 Kenya2
19,093 Finland2
40,256 Mexico2
50,549 Georgia1
2,190 Barbados1
90,903 Moldova1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
20,172 Hungary1
25,721 Egypt1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
15,705 Cameroon1
169,904 Brazil1
7,314 Bolivia1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
120,357 Argentina1
28,746 Algeria1
29,595 Iran1
8,859 Iraq1
153,416 Italy1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
3,307 Malta1
1,572 Macau1
12,270 Lebanon1
29,046 Japan1
408 Åland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
341 United States Virgin Islands42
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
236,996 Russia35
8,720 Qatar29
57,220 Netherlands27
65,136 Spain25
3,873 Thailand24
52,530 Belgium22
162,376 Ukraine20
435,402 India19
29,040 Denmark15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
3,114 China14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
2,858 Hong Kong83
12,775 Israel82
2,783 Jamaica71
3,129 Northern Ireland60
217 Jersey56
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Kean:
2,690 Ivory Coast877
1,168 Scotland669
9,735 South Africa657
21,418 Philippines644
1,875 New Zealand402
1,874 Singapore213
31,070 Turkey140
71,225 Germany134
1,036 Fiji122
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Kean:
484 Malaysia7,690
397 Cambodia6,449
7,423 United States5,110
5,514 Indonesia2,526
3,941 England1,914
2,844 Canada1,693
2,445 Australia1,270
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Kean was 25 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 14, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took John Clark from Liverpool. Cathe. Kean (19) Maid, Maid Biddy Kean, Ellin Kean, aged 19, 21 years old James Kean, 21 years old John Kean, 20 years old Michael Kean, John Kean, aged 22, Farmer Honoreth Kean, and 279 other Kean around 54.97% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, miner, spinster, carpenter migrated to US.

Kean Namesakes

  • Glen Keane, Animator
  • Alissa Kean, Melodee Colbert-Kean's daughter
  • Bil Keane, Cartoonist
  • Dolores Keane, Singer
  • Lorraine Keane, Broadcaster
  • Lorraine Keane, Broadcaster
  • Brian Keane, Composer
  • Christy Keaney, Musical Artist
  • Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet, Politician
  • Sherry Kean, Singer
  • In 2018 comedy, horror film, South African Spook Hunter, Ella Kean portrayed Paige Damon-Murray.

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