How common is the last name Key?

31,773 people in the United States have the last name Key, about 1 in 9,407. It ranks #1,083 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KEY

#1,083

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,773
About
1 in 9,407
This common or more
40.6%
Who bears it

Of the 31,773 people with the last name Key, 65.8% reported their origin as White, 23.9% as Black and 5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Key

#1,081 Shea · 31,836#1,082 Mooney · 31,792#1,084 Chaney · 31,687#1,085 Cotton · 31,686

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Key, most common first.

#4,140 Kee · 8,314#9,038 Keo · 3,469#10,993 Ke · 2,763#19,961 Kea · 1,349#43,428 Keay · 536#53,969 Keh · 413#56,219 Kew · 393#68,578 Keye · 309

Also a first name

As a first name, Key ranks #14,005 of 53,615, with 850 people. See Key as a first name

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