The Kehoe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,708 people carried this name — #4,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,657 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kehoe surname

Variant of Keough.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kehoe» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 182 people named Kehoe live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 108
City of Buenos Aires 39
Santa Fe 23
Córdoba 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Kehoe in American newspapers,
1907–1918.

Newspaper page from The Evening Standard carrying the name Kehoe
The Evening Standard 1913-02-22
Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Kehoe
The Laramie Republican 1907-02-13
Newspaper page from Baraboo Weekly News carrying the name Kehoe
Baraboo Weekly News 1918-04-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,614 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kehoe in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

4,982 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kehoe. The most, 1,146, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,893
New South Wales 1,195
Victoria 806
South Australia 597
Western Australia 370
Tasmania 71
ACT (Canberra) 42
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kehoe.

Who carried it

People named Kehoe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Nicholas Kehoe
    James Nicholas Kehoe 1862–1945 · judge
  • James Walter Kehoe
    James Walter Kehoe 1870–1938 · lawyer
  • Andrew Kehoe
    Andrew Kehoe 1872–1927 · spree killer
  • William Kehoe
    William Kehoe 1876–1932 · politician
  • Monika Kehoe
    Monika Kehoe 1909–2004 · educator
  • Miles Kehoe 1848–1916 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kehoe,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,994 records

2,994 records of the Kehoe name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,402
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 562
  • Other U.S. records 1,030
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Joseph Kehoe

    Born 1946; from New York, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles W. Kehoe

    Born 1919 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank; painter from Queens County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1957, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Kehoe

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25; domestic. From Bray, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 2,994 records for Kehoe in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada511 records

511 records of the Kehoe name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 478
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 13
  • Other Canadian records 20
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Julia Noonan Kehoe

    Buried in 1973 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 83.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sarah Kehoe

    Died 1923 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Gerald Desmond Kehoe

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 511 records for Kehoe in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia307 records

307 records of the Kehoe name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 94
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 90
  • Other Australian records 123
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Peter Kehoe

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Tory, sailing from Dublin in 1846. Native of Wicklow. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1851.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Kehoe

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the City of Lincoln, aged 35; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward Francis Kehoe

    Gav engineer of Nth Essendon, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 307 records for Kehoe in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands10 records

10 records of the Kehoe name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Elisabeth Anna Kehoe

    In the population register of Eindhoven; nun, born 1861 in Kilkennij.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Sarah Kehoe

    In the population register of Tilburg; born 1859 in Tilburg.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Mary Ellen Kehoe

    In the population register of Knockalane, Ireland; born 1862 in Knockalane, Ireland.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Kehoe in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom9 records

9 records of the Kehoe name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 8
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Kehoe

    Died 1911, aged 70; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record M. Kehoe

    Durham Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Kehoe

    Corporal, Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Kehoe in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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