Explore the Family Name Keatts

The meaning of Keatts

English: variant of Keats.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Keatts in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Keatts has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 25,374 in popularity, but by 2010, it had slipped to a rank of 26,549, indicating a decrease in popularity by approximately 4.63%. Despite this decrease in popularity rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname Keatts increased marginally from 916 in 2000 to 918 in 2010, a growth of 0.22%. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also saw a decrease of approximately 8.82%, further confirming its decreased popularity.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,374	#26,549	-4.63%
Count	916	918	0.22%
Proportion per 100k	0.34	0.31	-8.82%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Keatts

Looking at the ethnic identity connected to the Keatts surname as per the Decennial U.S. Census, there is a predominance of White ethnicity, with over 92% of Keatts identifying as such in both 2000 and 2010, despite a small decline of 0.80%. Those identifying as Black comprised nearly 4% in 2000, slightly decreasing to 3.81% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a notable increase, rising from 1.42% to 2.40% during the same period. The Keatts surname saw little representation among Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities, with no change reported over the decade. There was a significant decrease in those identifying with two or more races, dropping from 1.42% to 0.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.79%	92.05%	-0.8%
Black	3.93%	3.81%	-3.05%
Hispanic	1.42%	2.4%	69.01%
Two or More Races	1.42%	0.76%	-46.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%