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The KERNAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,669 10941 0.001 10
United States (1880 census) 1,541 3758 0.003 31
Change since 1880 +1128 -7183 -0.002 -21
Other Countries
Australia 49 26077 0 3
United Kingdom 370 11042 0.001 8
Top States for KERNAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 267 7228 0.001 14
Pennsylvania 223 6774 0.002 18
Illinois 212 6106 0.002 17
New Jersey 189 5123 0.002 22
California 168 14566 0.000 5
Top States for KERNAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Wisconsin 132 6256 0.002 25
Maryland 130 4496 0.002 25
New Jersey 189 5123 0.002 22
Delaware 15 8810 0.002 19
Pennsylvania 223 6774 0.002 18

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

Classification and Origin of KERNAN

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 KERNAN 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 KERNAN 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 KERNAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 44 1.65
Mixed Race 30 1.12
Black/African American 25 0.94
Asian/Pacific 23 0.86
Native American/Alaskan 13 0.49
White (Caucasian) 2,534 94.94

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

Meaning of KERNAN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of KERNAN.

Similar names to KERNAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KERNAN.

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 KERNAN

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