How common is the last name Keys?

18,623 people in the United States have the last name Keys, about 1 in 16,050. It ranks #1,894 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KEYS

#1,894

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,623
About
1 in 16,050
This common or more
47.1%
Who bears it

Of the 18,623 people with the last name Keys, 46.5% reported their origin as White, 42.6% as Black and 5.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Keys

#1,892 Barbosa · 18,634#1,893 Alarcon · 18,631#1,895 Goodrich · 18,599#1,896 Lay · 18,585

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,222 Keyes · 15,967#14,827 Kees · 1,919#52,263 Keas · 429#55,517 Kess · 399#63,720 Kes · 338#66,829 Keays · 319#74,224 Kehs · 281#93,963 Keis · 209

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