Keim

Keim is the 4,876th most common surname in the United States, shared by 7,019 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 42,600.

By the numbers

People: 7,019
Rank: 4,876th
How common: 1 in 42,600
Per 100,000: 2.4

Where the name comes from

As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קײַם, a name from Hebrew קיים (“existing, enduring, tough”).

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 94.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Keim

Claire Keim (born 1975)French actress and singer

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

Surnames like Keim

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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.