Keek
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: To peek; peep
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/kiːk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Keek is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 222K(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 3 (measured from records)
- 1 in 222K (inferred from the name graph)
78 people, 2007
Reference-verified
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
To peek; peep.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Keek is read(measured from records)
Keek is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English45%
To peek; peep.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Arabic8.3%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Keek in Arabic.
- Malay7.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Keek in Malay.
- Dutch6.9%
singular past indicative of kijken
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German6.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Keek in German.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Keek 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 78 | 1 in 222K | 78 | — | 3 |
| EE Estonia | — | — | 11 | Keek | 2 |
| IN India | — | — | 1 | — | — |
78 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the ee-stat-nimed register; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Keek is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sco, To have a quick look or peek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, ergative plural of ke
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kw, hedged
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 78 | #22,928 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 11 | #10,113 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 9 | #11,532 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #282,211 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Keek mean, and where does it come from?
- To peek; peep. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Keek?
- A machine transcription gives /kiːk/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Keek?
- In the etymology graph, Peek is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Keek have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 78 people named Keek, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Keek most common?
- Keek is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 222 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Keek?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 78 people named Keek in 2007, about 1 in 222 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/keekThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Keek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.