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Keeber Family History

Keeber Surname Meaning

Probably from Kibworth Beauchamp or Kibworth Harcourt (Leics). The place-name is from the Old English personal name Cybba + worð ‘enclosure smallholding’ and is recorded as Kybburth in a surname in a Wyggeston's Hospital document of 131.

Through migration, the surname appears in 14th-century Norfolk where it appears to have developed to Kiberd. Loss of the final consonant and a change in the main vowel may account for Keber in Suffolk and Essex and Keeber in Northants.

The vowel change in which late Middle English /i/ was lowered and lengthened to /e:/ in an open syllable is found in other surnames e.g. Beeden (1) and Feakins.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Keeber families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Keeber family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Keeber families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 7 Keeber families living in Leicestershire. This was about 50% of all the recorded Keeber's in United Kingdom. Leicestershire had the highest population of Keeber families in 1891.
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In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Keeber. 100% of Keeber women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
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