The McKeever surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,647 people carried this name — #4,642 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,433 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McKeever surname

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Íomhair.

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 34 births for the McKeever name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 4 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Londonderry and Antrim.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 26
Leinster 7
Munster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

McKeever in American newspapers,
1923.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name McKeever
The Milwaukee Leader 1923-11-24
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name McKeever
The Milwaukee Leader 1923-11-13
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name McKeever
The Milwaukee Leader 1923-08-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,827 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McKeever in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,673 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McKeever. The most, 458, 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 5.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 787
New South Wales 557
Queensland 214
Victoria 58
South Australia 45
ACT (Canberra) 6
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named McKeever,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Andrew Edward McKeever
    Andrew Edward McKeever 1894–1919 · flying ace
  • Jackie McKeever 1930–2007 · television actor
  • Edward McKeever 1910–1974 · athlete

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McKeever,
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 States1,407 records

1,407 records of the McKeever name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 714
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 257
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 147
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 103
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 70
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 62
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 50
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leroy McKeever

    Born 1947; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; died in service 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Raymond L. McKeever

    Born 1922 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; welder. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Kate McKeever

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool, aged 21; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 1,407 records for McKeever in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Australia107 records

107 records of the McKeever name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 31
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  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 Jane McKeever

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Earl Grey, sailing from Kingston in 1849. Native of Antrim. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1852.

    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 James McKeever

    Arrived in Queensland in 1892 aboard the Jelunga, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hugh McKeever

    Former railway ganger of Portland, Victoria; died 1921.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 107 records for McKeever in Australia.

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

Canada16 records

16 records of the McKeever name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Earl James McKeever

    Buried in 1984 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Leroi McKeever

    Died 1955 in Halifax, 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 James Campbell McKeever

    Died in service in 1921.

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

Showing 3 of 16 records for McKeever in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the McKeever name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Sean Patrick McKeever

    Died 1991, aged 36; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for McKeever in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the McKeever name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. McKeever

    Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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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