Last name: KEY
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KEY : This last name is indexed 152,358 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KEY : 1: English Irish and German: variant of Kay.2: Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Keij from the personal name Kei(je) possibly a vernacular form of Cornelius Nicolas or Gerrit (see Gerrits). Compare De Kay.3: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 祁 see Qi 2.
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