The Keo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,512 people carried this name — #11,496 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Keo.
Most of them — 90 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Keo live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Keo in American newspapers,
1914–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 120,341 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Keo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jehmsei Keo 1987– · martial artist -
Shiloh Keo 1987– · American football player -
William Keo 1996– · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Keo.
- Kempenich 200 · U.S. census
- Kempf 6,232 · U.S. census
- Kempfer 660 · U.S. census
- Kempff 112 · U.S. census
- Kennedy 171,636 · U.S. census
- Kennel 902 · U.S. census
- Kerber 2,623 · U.S. census
- Kerkhove 111 · U.S. census
- Kern 27,634 · U.S. census
- Kernen 581 · U.S. census
- Kerner 3,583 · U.S. census
- Kesler 5,919 · U.S. census
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