Last Name OKEEFE

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Meaning	The descendant of Kief. 'Kief,' in the Danish, signifies brave, stout, courageous.

Origin	Polish, Irish

Rank	1,966 (2000 US census)	2,499 (1990 US census)

Count	16,829 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96%, or 16156 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.34%, or 57 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 84 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.27%, or 45 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.12%, or 188 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.77%, or 298 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...