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O%27keefe Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caoimh ‘descendant of Caomh’, a personal name based on caomh ‘gentle’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: O'kane, O'kelley, O'regan, O'berry, O'dea, O'kelly, O'keeffe, Keefe

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You can see how O%27keefe families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27keefe family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most O%27keefe families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 666 O%27keefe families living in New York. This was about 28% of all the recorded O%27keefe's in USA. New York had the highest population of O%27keefe families in 1880.
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Between 1991 and 2004, in the United States, O%27keefe life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1999, and highest in 1991. The average life expectancy for O%27keefe in 1991 was 78, and 67 in 2004.

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