The keeffe Surname

keeffe Name Meaning and History

Irish: variant spelling of Keefe.

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The keeffe name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the keeffe family name as far back in history as possible.

keeffe Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of keeffe Families in the US in 1920

Number of keeffe families

13-24

5-12

1-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
Timothy Keeffe	shoester	12
KEEFFE	judeinusa	0
KEEFFE 19th Century TIPPERARY IRELAND	LISBATES	0
Keeffe family tree	Susan Keeffe	3
Keeffe, Farell, Roche Glanworth parish, Cork	janfortado	2
Keeffe and Bowen Marriage in SC	SCDICKE	0
KEEFFE tombstone, Suwannee Co., FL	Bill	0
Keeffe/Farrell records from Glanworth parish 1840's	janfortado	0
Bartholomew Keeffe, b 1858-1861, County Cork	commanda	2
Thomas Keeffe and Alice Palmer Keeffe	Pat Deely	1

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