Last name: KEITH
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KEITH : This last name is indexed 208,126 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KEITH : 1: Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Keith in East Lothian. The placename is derived from British Celtic cait- ‘wood’. In the 17th century numerous bearers of this name settled in Ulster.2: German: nickname from Middle High German kīt ‘sprout offspring’.
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