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The KENYON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 12,620 2635 0.005 47
United States (1880 census) 4,893 1266 0.01 98
Change since 1880 +7727 -1369 -0.005 -51
Other Countries
Australia 1,007 1641 0.006 62
United Kingdom 6,171 1013 0.013 134
Top States for KENYON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 1,596 1105 0.008 84
California 1,188 2600 0.004 35
Michigan 815 1296 0.008 82
Florida 739 2713 0.005 46
Massachusetts 641 1383 0.010 101
Top States for KENYON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Vermont 195 456 0.032 320
Rhode Island 291 414 0.028 278
New Hampshire 177 1071 0.014 143
Wyoming 65 838 0.013 132
Massachusetts 641 1383 0.010 101

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

Classification and Origin of KENYON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

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

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 159 1.26
White (Hispanic) 156 1.24
Black/African American 136 1.08
Native American/Alaskan 87 0.69
Asian/Pacific 67 0.53
White (Caucasian) 12,014 95.2

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

Meaning of KENYON in historical publications

(origin: Welsh.) Ceinion, beautiful; Cyndyn, stubborn, Concenn or Kynan, strong head, powerful, a leader.

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


KENYON. Lord Kenjon's family are descended from the Kenyous of Peele, co. Lancaster, and their surname is doubtless derived from the township of Kenyon in that shire.

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 KENYON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KENYON.

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 KENYON

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