The Keith surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 48,487 people carried this name — #718 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,080 people counted. That is up 4% from 46,747 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 7 births for the Keith name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim and Down.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 239 people named Keith.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
43 people named Keith is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Keith in American newspapers,
1894–1938.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 590,751 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Keith,
with a public archive behind them.
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Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray 1540–1588 · politician -
George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal 1553–1623 · politician -
William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal 1610–1671 -
George Keith 1638–1716 · missionary -
William Keith, 9th Earl Marischal 1664–1712 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 171 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Keith.
- Keil 6,603 · U.S. census
- Keim 7,769 · U.S. census
- Keime 119 · U.S. census
- Keip 237 · U.S. census
- Keiser 7,348 · U.S. census
- Keita 1,517 · U.S. census
- Kelle 319 · U.S. census
- Keller 98,268 · U.S. census
- Kellner 4,329 · U.S. census
- Kelly 267,394 · U.S. census
- Kelner 540 · U.S. census
- Kelsch 1,996 · U.S. census
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