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keating Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from an Old English personal name C¯ting, a derivative of C¯ta (see Kite).
  2. Irish (of Norman origin): Americanized form of Céitinn, a Gaelicized form of de Ketyng (probably a habitational name), which was taken to southern Ireland by Anglo-Norman settlers.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of keating Families in the US in 1920
Number of keating families
 337-671
 113-336		 1-112
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