Kennedy Forename
2,720th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 381,235 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Zambia
Kennedy Forename Definition:
A Celtic name, meaning: Chief of the clan.
Kennedy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 130,663 | 1:354 | 56 |
| Zambia | - | 74,392 | 1:213 | 24 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 26,772 | 1:6,632 | 991 |
| Ghana | 100% | 25,003 | 1:1,079 | 229 |
| Malawi | 100% | 21,893 | 1:782 | 171 |
| Brazil | 100% | 17,147 | 1:12,494 | 1,321 |
| Uganda | 100% | 15,517 | 1:2,639 | 368 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 10,393 | 1:1,484 | 276 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7,771 | 1:6,793 | 1,017 |
| Sudan | 100% | 6,743 | 1:5,607 | 873 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 6,423 | 1:11,494 | 1,130 |
| United States | 51% | 5,344 | 1:67,840 | 3,430 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,244 | 1:20,215 | 2,102 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,867 | 1:2,941 | 600 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,268 | 1:9,528 | 1,158 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,994 | 1:15,271 | 1,600 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,798 | 1:30,330 | 3,688 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,366 | 1:1,599 | 287 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,350 | 1:6,039 | 626 |
| Namibia | - | 1,281 | 1:1,877 | 376 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,174 | 1:219,731 | 20,737 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,098 | 1:4,018 | 512 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| England | 98% | 953 | 1:58,345 | 2,622 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 941 | 1:32,096 | 2,249 |
| Colombia | 100% | 830 | 1:57,565 | 2,431 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 704 | 1:14,817 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Peru | 97% | 626 | 1:50,785 | 2,552 |
| India | 100% | 620 | 1:1,959,481 | 102,922 |
| Canada | 100% | 416 | 1:79,648 | 4,436 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 362 | 1:1,605 | 301 |
| Ecuador | - | 359 | 1:49,379 | 1,759 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Mexico | 98% | 235 | 1:528,274 | 5,806 |
| Congo | 92% | 220 | 1:22,769 | 2,249 |
| Poland | - | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 161 | 1:8,456 | 1,301 |
| Panama | 100% | 155 | 1:25,204 | 2,274 |
| Scotland | 100% | 143 | 1:37,415 | 1,346 |
| Australia | - | 142 | 1:96,180 | 3,518 |
| Ireland | 92% | 141 | 1:32,933 | 1,297 |
| New Zealand | - | 118 | 1:38,441 | 2,326 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 114 | 1:41,824 | 2,028 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Jamaica | - | 91 | 1:31,684 | 2,142 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 69 | 1:2,577 | 485 |
| Honduras | 100% | 58 | 1:152,025 | 4,063 |
| Iraq | 100% | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Chile | 55% | 56 | 1:314,414 | 4,695 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 56 | 1:301,823 | 9,427 |
| Lebanon | 85% | 54 | 1:104,214 | 3,273 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52% | 53 | 1:1,035 | 230 |
| Spain | 100% | 53 | 1:877,924 | 8,232 |
| Dominica | - | 52 | 1:1,451 | 277 |
| Grenada | 100% | 46 | 1:2,351 | 483 |
| Sweden | 100% | 42 | 1:234,712 | 7,753 |
| Japan | - | 40 | 1:3,199,651 | 23,520 |
| Thailand | 50% | 39 | 1:1,796,559 | 52,686 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Germany | 98% | 34 | 1:2,843,467 | 14,307 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Guyana | 100% | 28 | 1:27,259 | 3,059 |
| Iceland | - | 27 | 1:13,556 | 1,098 |
| China | - | 26 | 1:52,540,607 | 62,395 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 26 | 1:231,474 | 5,516 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 25 | 1:2,452 | 535 |
| South Sudan | 84% | 25 | 1:462,041 | 849 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| El Salvador | - | 23 | 1:275,730 | 3,338 |
| Singapore | 100% | 21 | 1:299,384 | 9,476 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Haiti | 100% | 18 | 1:595,942 | 12,890 |
| Argentina | 62% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Benin | 100% | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| Italy | 87% | 17 | 1:3,591,888 | 20,165 |
| Ivory Coast | 90% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Belgium | 100% | 15 | 1:766,003 | 10,349 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Russia | - | 15 | 1:9,615,580 | 37,191 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 15 | 1:228,509 | 3,962 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 13 | 1:14,769 | 1,452 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,828,437 | 49,694 |
| Greece | 100% | 12 | 1:911,212 | 9,057 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:4,269 | 670 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| France | 100% | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Micronesia | - | 8 | 1:13,312 | 575 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Bolivia | - | 7 | 1:1,514,486 | 3,962 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Switzerland | 75% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Wales | 100% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Austria | 60% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Finland | 50% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Kênnedy (1) are calculated separately.
Kennedy (413,234) may also be a surname.
Kennedy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Celtic name, meaning: Chief of the clan.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Ceanaideach, Ceanadaidh, Kennedy (Kenedy, John M‘Kennedy, fourteenth century) is the family name of the old Earls of Carrick, now represented by the Marquis of Ailsa; it is a famous Irish name borne by the father of Brian Boru in the tenth century - Irish Ceinneidigh, Early Irish Cennétich, gen.; from ceann, head, and éitigh, ugly: “ugly head.” Called also M‘Ualraig from Walrick Kennedy (sixteenth century), who first settled in Lochaber: Walrick may be Gaelic Ualgharg confused with Teutonic Ulrich, older Uodalrich, “rich patrimonially.”
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Kennedy Forename Popularity
Kennedy Demographics
Average Kennedy Salary in
United States
$46,958 USD
Per year
Rank:
160,510 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00149756
Rank: 3,311 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
107.88%
Sample size: 2,629 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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