Last Name KEELEY

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Meaning Local: Of Keighley. The variants of this name are many. From the epitaps in the churchyard of Keighley it is clear that the place was often pronounced Keeley in the 18th century.
Local: Of Keighley, a well-known town in the West Riding Yorks.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 6,117 (2000 US census) 6,961 (1990 US census)
Count 5,166 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.15%, or 4812 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.41%, or 228 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.29%, or 15 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.91%, or 47 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.83%, or 43 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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