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The keck Surname

keck Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from the Old Norse personal name Keikr (from Old West Scandinavian keikr ‘bent backwards’).
  2. German: nickname from Middle High German kec ‘lively’, ‘active’ (cognate of English quick), which later changed its meaning to ‘bold’, ‘forward’, ‘fresh’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of keck Families in the US in 1920
Number of keck families
 146-290
 49-145		 1-48
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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keck history robertlkeck 54
Kecks - KS, MO, IL & OK ctrimble150 1
William R. Keck/William Patton Keck promiselandfarms2000 0
John E. Keck PA uarclose 17
Keck family uarclose 3
Keck's in WV ? Melonie05 4
John Keck b. 1823 bjuszcak 4
The late Don Slivka's "Keck Family History" MarciaVierra42 1
Monongalia Kecks in 1840 census MarciaVierra42 0
Keck - Ohio by 1841; Indiana in 1850 anyone connected? EulimmaH 0
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