Key is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Key
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Key

How popular is Key?

Key is common in United States.

Key is ranked 7519 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Key bearers increased by 5.078101 per cent in 2010 US census to 33501 since 2000, the surname slipped by 38 spots and ranked at 1037. The last name was found in around 114 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.56 71.31
Black 24.61 23.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 1.69
Others 2.33 1.68
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.99 0.9
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0.72
Key is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while The Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 72028 people have been found who wears Key as their family name. Key is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,563 Nigeria7
1,005 Cayman Islands7
705 Gibraltar7
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
26,825 Georgia5
3,904 Ivory Coast4
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
1,667 Cambodia4
5,779 Uganda4
10,762 Hungary3
2,935 Angola3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
189 Samoa3
4,138 Bahrain3
14,193 Egypt3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
6,353 Panama2
35,969 Denmark2
14,621 Croatia2
15,999 Slovakia2
12,172 Ghana2
3,940 Ethiopia2
1,256 Myanmar2
1,333 Guam2
10,284 Kuwait2
10,395 Latvia2
5,318 Iraq2
2,085 Nepal2
4,781 Malawi2
21,929 Algeria2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
28,083 Romania2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
14,618 Guyana1
492,292 Ukraine1
1,253 Burundi1
10,958 Bangladesh1
123,175 Tanzania1
13,606 Senegal1
6,033 Benin1
37,779 Serbia1
15,705 Cameroon1
34,581 Chile1
2,190 Barbados1
9,116 Nicaragua1
880 Djibouti1
24,460 Armenia1
746 Dominica1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
971 Seychelles1
3,586 Honduras1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
4,171 Rwanda1
9,498 Iceland1
14,373 Jordan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
16,283 Lithuania1
5,916 Mozambique1
7,941 Guatemala1
11,923 Slovenia1
12,741 Ecuador1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
11,486 Estonia1
2,024 Mongolia1
4,435 Togo1
3,350 Fiji1
25,746 Finland1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
6,873 Ireland44
2,494 Thailand44
6,205 Mauritania42
4,169 Cyprus26
43,584 Zimbabwe24
428 South Korea21
51,398 Czech Republic20
3,830 Luxembourg20
3,334 Costa Rica19
1,163 Jersey17
5,153 Japan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
11,321 Israel94
4,216 Singapore77
57,588 Argentina75
6,029 Portugal74
738 China73
35,456 Spain65
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Key:
14,687 Brazil906
14,198 Indonesia854
5,461 Canada798
7,877 Mexico654
9,056 Kenya549
1,581 New Zealand473
870 Taiwan406
12,659 Morocco403
1,002 Wales395
27,922 France355
2,133 Scotland335
77,482 India319
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
863 Hong Kong308
10,456 Netherlands270
38,007 Italy224
236 The Bahamas223
4,770 United Arab Emirates206
6,753 Colombia192
28,734 Poland191
2,996 Lebanon188
5,931 Sweden160
13,267 Greece147
9,948 Austria131
11,811 Peru128
10,773 Switzerland108
Countries with thousands of Key:
1,302 England6,050
2,861 Iran3,889
1,066 Venezuela2,985
972 Vietnam2,385
7,305 Germany1,311
2,501 Australia1,240
6,971 Turkey1,188
12,822 Philippines1,160
5,032 Pakistan1,132
6,240 South Africa1,041
2,545 Malaysia1,012
Countries with ten thousands of Key:
975 United States38,317
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old Margaret Key who was residing in Ireland migrated to Connecticut on April 11, 1846 by Queen Of The West put out from Liverpool. 28 years old John Key, Isabell Key (27) Maid, Mason Peter Key, Mary Key (27), Daniel Key (30) Workman, 20 years old Marth. Key, Ann.J. Key (Born at sea) Infant, Maid Catherine Key, and 35 other Key around 52.63% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Londonderry.

From Italy

A. Key worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 26 years old embarked for Italy from Nassau on Santiago and arrived on March 19, 1892.

Key Namesakes

  • Tim Key, Actor
  • John Maynard Keynes, Economist
  • Florence Ada Keynes, Author
  • Adan Keynan Wehliye, Politician
  • Ken Keyes, Politician
  • Kelly Key, Singer
  • Marie Keyrouz, Musical Artist
  • Alan Keyes, Polit.
  • Damian Keyes, Musical Artist
  • Alicia Keys, Singer-songwriter
  • In 2015, Alexa Key portrayed the role of Zyu in action, fantasy flick Garuda Superhero.
  • In 2015, Ashley Key characterized the role of The Young Girl in drama and horror film Circle.

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