Keks
surname · Latin script
Meaning: cookie
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Keks is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 61K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 538K
- CACanada≈1 in 748K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 61K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
cookie
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Keks 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 538K | — | Keks | 28 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | — | Keks | 4 |
| CA Canada | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 748K | — | Keks | 17 |
| IT Italy | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Keks | 1 |
| US United States | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 12M | listed | Keks | 27 |
| AU Australia | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Keks | 20 |
| EE Estonia | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 61K | 14 | Keks | 3 |
| AT Austria | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 830K | — | Keks | 7 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the ee-stat-nimed register. 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)
Keks is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, cookie (US), biscuit (UK)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, fruitcake, teacake (sponge cake with dried fruit and nuts)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Faroese, cookie, biscuit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In crh, cake
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Puisis
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 14 | #8,105 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 13 | #8,414 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Keks mean, and where does it come from?
- cookie Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German.
- In which country does Keks have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 149 people named Keks in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled keks.
- How common is the name Keks?
- Mondonomo estimates about 150 people in Germany have Keks as their first surname, about 1 in 538 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/keksThe 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, “Keks”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.