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The KENNAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 478 42677 0 2
United States (1880 census) 402 11447 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +76 -31230 +N/A -6
Other Countries
Australia 57 23026 0 3
United Kingdom 210 15956 0 5
Top States for KENNAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 57 33622 0.000 2
Massachusetts 45 14868 0.001 7
Texas 32 32758 0.000 2
Connecticut 27 14910 0.001 8
New York 25 58683 0.000 1
Top States for KENNAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Connecticut 27 14910 0.001 8
Massachusetts 45 14868 0.001 7
Arkansas 18 10666 0.001 7
West Virginia 10 10698 0.001 6
Washington DC 3 16252 0.001 5

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KENNAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KENNAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KENNAN in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KENNAN by picking someone at random in Connecticut than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KENNAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KENNAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KENNAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KENNAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 436 91.21
Black/African American 30 6.28
White (Hispanic) 7 1.46
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 0
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KENNAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KENNAN in historical publications

Gaelic, Ceanann or Ceanfhionn, white-headed, bald.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


MAC KENNAN. MACKENNA.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to KENNAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KENNAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for KENNAN

The following words are slight variants of KENNAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.