Keyes Family History
- Keyes Name Meaning
- English: variant of Kay. English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Guise in Aisne, Picardy, which is first recorded in the 12th century as Gusia; the etymology is uncertain. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McKay).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 558,890 Historical Documents with Keyes on Ancestry
- 155,871 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 84,410 Census and Voter Lists
- 26,784 Military Records
- 9,719 Immigration Records
- 282,106 Member Trees
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Number of Keyes families
 38 - 74  13 - 37 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Keyes families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Keyes census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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