Last Name KEESE

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Meaning An abbreviation of 'Cornelius,' among the Dutch. Keys, called Taxiaxia, were officers of justice, in olden times, in the Isle of Man.
Origin Dutch

Rank 16,761 (2000 US census) 14,279 (1990 US census)
Count 1,569 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.95%, or 1223 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.23%, or 286 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.47%, or 23 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.08%, or 17 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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

Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

Please, send us any information you may have about addition two character first names and especially ...


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