McKeen

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/məˈkin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

McKeen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Northern Irish variant of McKean.

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 54K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 95K
  • USUnited States1 in 140K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
278 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Northern Irish variant of McKean.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

McKeen 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.

Where McKeen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈13,000 est.≈1 in 110K—McKeen2
US United States2,3701 in 140K2.4KMcKeen278
CA Canada≈700 est.≈1 in 54K—McKeen116
GB United Kingdom≈700 est.≈1 in 95K—McKeen90
IT Italy≈480 est.≈1 in 131K—McKeen3
AU Australia≈300 est.≈1 in 86K—McKeen59
IE Ireland≈50 est.≈1 in 103K—McKeen6

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. 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000David MacKeen, b. 1839William R. McKeen Jr., b. 1869Robert McKeen, b. 1884Charles McKeen, b. 1885Stanley McKeen, b. 1897Jock McKeen, b. 1946William McKeen, b. 1954Nery McKeen, b. 1957Angus McKeen, b. 1969Stan McKeen, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mckeen,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting McKeen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.4K#12,961
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.2K#12,919
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202K#14,094
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 McKeen mean, and where does it come from?
Northern Irish variant of McKean. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
How do you pronounce McKeen?
A machine transcription gives /məˈkin/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does McKeen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named McKeen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mckeen.
How common is the name McKeen?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,370 people named McKeen in 2010, about 1 in 140 thousand residents.

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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, “McKeen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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