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The Keita surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,517 people carried this name — #18,296 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 125% from 673 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 776 people named Keita live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 286
Liège 151
Antwerp 108
Hainaut 64
Flemish Brabant 44
West Flanders 38
East Flanders 28
Walloon Brabant 21

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 716 people named Keita.

Most of them — 500 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 500
Paris 62
Seine-Saint-Denis 19
Hauts-de-Seine 16
Val-de-Marne 16
Val-d’Oise 10
Essonne 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 8
Yvelines 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

155 people named Keita live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 39
Geneva 39
Zurich 25
Neuchâtel 12
Bern 8
Basel-Landschaft 7
Fribourg 5
Ticino 4

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 the Nordic population registers

164 people named Keita are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 141
Finland (2026) 23

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Keita in American newspapers,
1917–1963.

Newspaper page from The Key West Citizen carrying the name Keita
The Key West Citizen 1960-08-22
Newspaper page from Diario Las AméRicas carrying the name Keita
Diario Las AméRicas 1960-08-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Keita
Evening Star 1960-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,755 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Keita,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fodéba Keita
    Fodéba Keita 1921–1969 · writer
  • Fantamady Keita
    Fantamady Keita 1949– · association football player
  • Mamady Keita
    Mamady Keita 1954– · activist
  • Bintou Keita
    Bintou Keita 1958– · official
  • Mohamed Salifou Keita
    Mohamed Salifou Keita 1960– · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 118 lives in all are documented under this name.

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