as a Last Name
- 7,975
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Keel
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from Keele in Staffordshire, named from Old English cȳ ‘cows’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from East and West Keal in Lincolnshire, which are named from Old Norse kjǫlr ‘ridge’.
| 3,865th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,975
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Keel per capita
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