Last Name KEANE

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Meaning	Nickname: The keen, the sharp, the quick, the eager. Alos, local, 'of St. Keyne,' a parish in county Cornwall, near Liskeard, from St. Kayne, or Keyne, a saint of the 5th century. The nickname is the chief parent. Similar to names Quick, Snell, Sharp, etc.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank	3,121 (2000 US census)	4,090 (1990 US census)

Count	10,622 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.1%, or 10102 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.1%, or 117 total occurrences, as black,
0.86%, or 91 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.22%, or 23 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.23%, or 131 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 159 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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