For what it's worth (key of E) (not much really), but you got me curious so I went through my repertoire (about 300 songs) and tabulated the keys (roughly, since I ignored key changes). These are mostly 60-70s pop rock folk and country:
D 17.7%
G 12.7%
C 12.4%
A 11.4%
E 9.4%
F 8.0%
Em 7.4%
Am 5.4%
B 3.7%
Dm 2.7%
Bb 2.3%
Eb 1.7%
Db 1.0%
Bm 1.0%
C#m 1.0%
Fm 1.0%
F# 0.3%
Cm 0.3%
F#m 0.3%
Gm 0.3%
Ab 0.0%
Bbm 0.0%
Ebm 0.0%
Abm 0.0%
It's mostly determined by finding a good key for the singer - then selecting a finger-friendly key (sometimes using a capo, so I'm not very often actually playing Eb chord shapes, for example). But I do play in F and B more often than most I think. Anyway, I was surprised that D was my most common key. I think I would have guessed G or A.
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