Këë
surname · Latin script
Këë is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Glasgow; IoM. from Mac Aodha, Mac Aoidh, see McKee .
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 2.9K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 35K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 396 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kee in US United States, MY Malaysia, GB United Kingdom and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Main GB Location (1881): Glasgow; IoM. from Mac Aodha, Mac Aoidh, see McKee .
Cited for this meaning 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Këë counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #245 | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Kee | 107 |
| US United States | — | 9,049 | 1 in 37K | 9.2K | Kee | 396 |
| SG Singapore | #204 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Kee | 129 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Kee | 150 |
| HK Hong Kong | #383 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Kee | 58 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Kee | 32 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Këë mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Glasgow; IoM. from Mac Aodha, Mac Aoidh, see McKee . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Këë have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Këë in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kee.
- How common is the name Këë?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,049 people named Këë in 2010, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Këë compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Këë is the 245th most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Këë” — the 245th most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.