Keane is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Keane
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Keane

How popular is Keane?

Keane is common in Ireland.

Keane is ranked 11786 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Keane bearers increased by 7.879872 per cent in 2010 US census to 11459 since 2000, the surname slipped by 33 spots and ranked at 3154. The last name was found in around 39 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.66 95.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.58 1.5
Others 1.68 1.23
Black 1.55 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.34 0.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.22
Keane is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 45321 people have been found who wears Keane as their family name. Keane is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
5,565 Costa Rica8
9,053 Senegal5
1,171 Grenada4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
3,752 Iraq3
35,184 Poland3
2,935 Angola3
119,730 Brazil3
32,695 Nigeria3
4,104 South Korea2
5,936 Bahrain2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
14,521 Portugal2
11,224 Cameroon2
40,256 Mexico2
20,186 Kenya2
6,353 Panama2
6,266 Luxembourg2
17,547 Colombia2
883 Macau2
28,083 Romania2
107 Palau2
2,196 Liberia1
2,078 Lesotho1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
123,175 Tanzania1
29,046 Japan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,529 Israel1
25,721 Egypt1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
3,307 Malta1
38,830 Morocco1
4,249 Cambodia1
5,916 Mozambique1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
16,228 Bulgaria1
14,644 Tunisia1
13,447 Uganda1
17,768 Pakistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
165,773 Belarus1
11,510 Oman1
120,357 Argentina1
10,683 Cyprus1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
12,953 Finland48
2,210 Thailand48
6,376 Singapore47
3,504 Trinidad and Tobago38
23,443 Norway26
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
2,197 China20
324,631 Indonesia17
1,163 Jersey17
29,040 Denmark15
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
2,566 Qatar97
12,684 Switzerland90
29,447 Spain85
503 French Polynesia79
3,257 Hong Kong71
26,687 Belgium59
85,668 Italy56
176,736 Russia54
240,443 India52
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Keane:
5,268 Canada833
1,062 Scotland748
953 New Zealand741
17,127 Germany605
902 Wales429
16,034 South Africa384
34,535 Philippines322
1,006 Northern Ireland310
1,045 Jamaica303
38,971 France257
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
8,346 Malaysia228
24,716 Turkey210
9,948 Austria131
Countries with thousands of Keane:
970 England7,814
817 Australia3,753
Countries with ten thousands of Keane:
2,844 United States14,111
40 Ireland12,660
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joanna Keane from Ireland aboard the Adirondack from Cork on April 11, 1846 during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 20 years old when she arrived in USA. 25 years old Patk. Keane, 24 years old Elizabeth Keane, 3 years old Rose Keane, 26 years old Eliza Keane, Workman William Keane, 40 years old Barthly Keane, Workman Michael Keane, Workman John Keane, 36 years old Mary Keane, and 276 other Keane around 47.45% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, carpenter, shoemaker migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool and Galway.

Keane Namesakes

    Glen Keane, American animator, author, illustrator and director
  • Glen Keane, Animator
  • 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
  • Brian Keane, Composer
  • Bil Keane, Cartoonist
  • In 2019, Zachary Keane characterized the role of Don and Chris in fantasy, thriller movie Faith Lost.
  • Gemma-Louise Keane portrayed the vital character of Laura Thompson in 2020 horror movie Chestersberg.
  • Xania Keane, from 2009 comedy and musical film The Upside, who portrayed Jamie.

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