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The KENNY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 16,811 1972 0.006 62
United States (1880 census) 5,439 1111 0.011 109
Change since 1880 +11372 -861 -0.005 -47
Other Countries
Australia 3,524 421 0.022 216
United Kingdom 9,986 600 0.022 217
Top States for KENNY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 2,225 759 0.012 117
New Jersey 1,451 527 0.017 172
California 1,272 2461 0.004 38
Florida 1,153 1772 0.007 72
Illinois 1,054 1173 0.008 85
Top States for KENNY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Jersey 1,451 527 0.017 172
Vermont 97 1101 0.016 159
New Hampshire 163 1188 0.013 132
Connecticut 438 913 0.013 129
New York 2,225 759 0.012 117

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

Classification and Origin of KENNY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KENNY 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 KENNY 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 KENNY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 925 5.5
White (Hispanic) 262 1.56
Mixed Race 185 1.1
Asian/Pacific 119 0.71
Native American/Alaskan 103 0.61
White (Caucasian) 15,217 90.52

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

Meaning of KENNY in historical publications

KENNY. Ferguson tliinks that this corresponds with the Old Friesic licmg, a king. But see Kenney.

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 KENNY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KENNY.

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 KENNY

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