Keck surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Keck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,186 people carried this name — #3,227 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 11,001 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 427 people named Keck.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 26
Haut-Rhin 142
Bas-Rhin 107
Paris 27
Meurthe-et-Moselle 19
Territoire de Belfort 13
Vosges 11
Moselle 11
Rhône 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

156 people named Keck live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 38
Thurgau 20
Aargau 16
Bern 14
Vaud 13
Basel-Landschaft 10
Basel-Stadt 8
St. Gallen 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

58 people named Keck have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 91 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 17
Greater Poland 16
Lower Silesian 12
West Pomeranian 9
Lesser Poland 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

34 people named Keck is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 34

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Keck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Anthony Keck
    Anthony Keck 1708–1769 · politician
  • Susanna Keck d. 1755
  • Johannes Keck 1400–1450 · prior
  • Paul Keck 1500–1600 · politician
  • Stephen Vorchtenauer 1500–1506 · municipal clerk
  • Sir Anthony Keck 1630–1695 · lawyer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Keck.

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