Killeen
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cillín.
Proper noun
Killeen (countable and uncountable, plural Killeens)
- A surname from Irish.
- The name of a few villages in Ireland.
- A city in Bell County, Texas, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Killeen is the 10245th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3146 individuals. Killeen is most common among White (95.26%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Killeen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 304.