Keegan

Keegan is the 3,643rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,505 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 31,400.

By the numbers

People: 9,505
Rank: 3,643rd
How common: 1 in 31,400
Per 100,000: 3.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Keegan described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
Black, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Keegan

Michelle Keegan (born 1987)English actress
John Keegan (1934–2012)British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist
Claire Keegan (born 1968)Irish writer of short stories
Rupert Keegan (1955–2024)racecar driver
Andrew Keegan (born 1979)American actor
Gillian Keegan (born 1968)British politician

People named Keegan with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Keegan

Also a first name

Keegan has been given to 42,324 American babies as a first name since 1965, peaking in 2007. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.