Keennedy Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Keennedy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keennedy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Keennedy (9) may also be a first name.

Keennedy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Keennedy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Keennedy is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keennedy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Keennedy is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Keennedy occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Keennedy reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 9 people.

The last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Delaware, where 50 percent reside and South Carolina, where 50 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 33 percent reside.

Keennedy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Keennedy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Keennedy last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Keennedy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Keennedy surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Keennedy
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