The Keough surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,605 people carried this name — #7,243 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,411 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Keough surname

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochaidh.

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

In print

Keough in American newspapers,
1911–1918.

Newspaper page from The Illinois Issue carrying the name Keough
The Illinois Issue 1911-08-11
Newspaper page from The American Issue carrying the name Keough
The American Issue 1913-01-10
Newspaper page from The Bennington Evening Banner carrying the name Keough
The Bennington Evening Banner 1918-07-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,420 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Keough in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

8,706 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Keough. The most, 2,712, 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 Western Australia, at 4.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 3,330
New South Wales 2,513
South Australia 1,787
Queensland 899
Victoria 96
ACT (Canberra) 40
Tasmania 34
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Keough,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Keough 1835– · military officer
  • Hugh Keough 1864–1912 · journalist
  • Francis Patrick Keough 1890–1961 · Catholic priest
  • William Keough 1913–1971
  • Donald Raymond Keough 1926–2015 · businessperson
  • Donald Raymond Keough 1926–2015 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Keough,
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 States1,188 records

1,188 records of the Keough name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 275
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 244
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 204
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 162
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 113
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 103
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 86
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Billy J. Keough

    Born 1933; from Alameda County, California. U.S. Army, medical aidman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 James W. Keough

    Born 1915 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Jamaica; plumber from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, 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 Patrick Keough

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the England from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; laborer. From Limerick, Ireland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 1,188 records for Keough in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia207 records

207 records of the Keough name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 77
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 51
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 38
  • Tasmanian Names Index 32
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  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 Thomas Keough

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John Barry, arriving 1821; ticket of leave 1826. Native of Kildare co.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Keough

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Ocean Chief, aged 20; 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 Edmund Keough

    Carpenter of Wahring, Victoria; died 1880.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 207 records for Keough in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (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).

Canada68 records

68 records of the Keough name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 51
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Patrick Keough

    Came to Ontario in 1872 aboard the Prussian, landing at Quebec, bound for Stratford, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Leslie Keough

    Died 1990, aged 79; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Francis C. Keough

    Died 1909 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 68 records for Keough 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 Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Keough name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 4
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elisabeth Keough

    Buried in 1822 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 82.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. 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 W. C. Keough

    Middlesex Regiment. 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 page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Keough

    Buried in 1822 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 82.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Keough in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Keough name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lloyd Douglas Keough

    Married in 1945 in Zeist.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Mary Keough

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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