Keyes is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Keyes
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Keyes

How popular is Keyes?

Keyes is common in United States.

Keyes is ranked 21522 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Keyeses grew by 13.93258 per cent to 18252 since 2000 and ranked 1979 after elevating 100 spots. The last name was found in around 62 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 60.5 67.05
Black 22.06 23.75
Hispanic or Latino 13.54 5.91
Others 2.21 1.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0.89
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.78 0.69
Keyes is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 24004 people have been found who wears Keyes as their family name. Keyes 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
656,580 India9
11,480 Japan4
114,007 Czech Republic4
3,752 Iraq3
2,720 South Korea3
6,270 Hong Kong3
65,594 Belgium2
20,595 China2
9,272 Ecuador2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
91,784 Netherlands2
40,256 Mexico2
7,292 Vietnam1
810,193 Indonesia1
30,360 Thailand1
897,276 Russia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
53,505 Turkey1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
24,771 Colombia1
49,101 Denmark1
169,904 Brazil1
2,057 Isle of Man1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
17,575 Kuwait1
40,340 Malaysia1
5,872 Namibia1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,181 Botswana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
20,906 Israel47
71,920 Spain22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
78,184 Italy67
11,769 New Zealand54
Countries with hundreds of Keyes:
5,338 Australia559
50,182 Germany202
32,575 South Africa164
1,763 Northern Ireland143
1,957 Jamaica125
5,046 Scotland112
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Keyes:
3,287 Canada1,437
5,969 England1,188
694 Ireland1,032
Countries with ten thousands of Keyes:
2,162 United States18,632
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Keyes was 24 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 6, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Industry from Dublin. 30 years old Frank Keyes, Workman Daniel Keyes, Patrick Keyes, aged 34, Johanna Keyes, Workman Jas. Keyes, William Keyes, aged 20, William Keyes (38) Farmer, Thomas Keyes (26) Farmer, and 1 other Keyes around 50% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Keyes Namesakes

  • Ken Keyes, Politician
  • Alan Keyes, Polit.
  • Damian Keyes, Musical Artist
  • Alan Keyes, Polit.
  • Alan Keyes, Polit.
  • Autumnrose Keyes, Israel Keyes' sister
  • Michael Keyes, Politician
  • Leroy Keyes, Football halfback
  • Gregory Keyes, Writer
  • Charity Keyes, Israel Keyes' sister

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