Last Name KEAT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Kett, but it is not clear whether Kett represents a nickname of Catherinem or, like Kit, or Christopher. The forms are found all over England, confirming a baptismal derivation.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 65,133 (2000 US census) 56,369 (1990 US census)
Count 285 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 70.18%, or 200 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.86%, or 11 total occurrences, as black,
  • 18.6%, or 53 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.11%, or 6 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.26%, or 15 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


American Surnames

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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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