Kendal Surname

158,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,764 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Kendal Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kendal,' Westmorland The manufacture of 'Kendal green' made this town early famous, and of necessity caused the surname to be common. The result is that it is familiar to every directory in the English-speaking world.

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Kendal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9921:56,1676,799
United States4241:854,85665,098
Indonesia3371:392,43133,377
Australia2271:118,92413,128
Canada2031:181,50518,050
Turkey1871:416,15724,986
South Africa1091:497,04340,551
India401:19,176,635286,670
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Russia301:4,804,102217,805
Guernsey221:2,929767
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Wales161:193,40812,484
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
China31:455,773,85521,925
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1331:21,5143,041
Scotland341:110,0955,249
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7371:68,1397,393

Kendal (8,340) may also be a first name.

Kendal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kendal,' Westmorland The manufacture of 'Kendal green' made this town early famous, and of necessity caused the surname to be common. The result is that it is familiar to every directory in the English-speaking world. The river Kent, I need not say, still flows through the dale. The surname is frequently met with in all the adjacent villages and towns of the Furness district of North Lancashire.

Johannes de Kendall, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas de Kendale, 1379: ibid.

Edmundus de Kendall, 1379: ibid.

Johannes de Kendall, Webster, 1379: ibid.

John Kendall, of Aldyngham, 1571: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Roger Kendoll, of Ulverston, 1582: ibid.

Elizabeth Kendall, of Clitheroe, widow, 1503: Wills at Chester.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic + Teutonic) belonging to Kendal (Westm.) = the Dale of the Kent, Ken, or Can [the river- name is doubtless the Welsh cain = Gaelic cain, clear, bright, white (cp.Kenn2); the second element is Old Norse dal-r, a dale, valley (Kendal is properly Kirkby-in-Kendal, 13th cent. Kirkeby in Kendale] John de Kendal.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1246-7.

Adam de Kendale.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls, A.D. 1285.

Where Can first creeping forth, her feet hath scarcely found, But gives that Dale her name, where Kendale town doth stand, For making of our cloth scarce match’d in all the land.— Drayton, Poly-Olbion, Song xxx. 18-20. (Scandinavian) (occasionally) belonging to Kendal or Kendale (Yorks), the Domesday Cheldal = the Spring-Dale [Old Norse kelda, a spring + dal-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Kent-dale, the valley of the Kent, a river of Westmoreland. The true name of the town known as Kendal is Kirkby-in-Kendale.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The general opinion seems to be that this family is of different origin from that of the Kendalls of Westmoreland, whose name is derived from Kirby-in-Kendale, i. e. the church dwelling (kirk-by) in Kent-dale. Hals says, "Kendall signifies to see or behold the dale or valley; otherwise Kendall or Cendall is fine linen; and Cendale may be a corruption of Pendall, i. e. the head of the valley." The name may mean the house in the valley (chy'n-dôl), or the neck of the dale (conna-dôl). Hence perhaps Kendal and Kendle.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Local. Derived from the town of Kendal, in Westmoreland, England, and was so called from the river Ken, on which it is situated, and dale; the dale on the river Ken.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Kendal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kendal (Hindi: केन्दल, Marathi: कदळ, Oriya: େକାଳ, Russian: Кендал) is most common in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kendal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 158,120th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,636,594 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 41 percent of Kendal reside; 40 percent reside in Northern Europe and 39 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 69,169th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 8,340 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 992 people, or 1 in 56,167. In England Kendal is primarily concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 14 percent are found, Tyne and Wear, where 13 percent are found and Greater London, where 12 percent are found. Barring England Kendal is found in 48 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.

Kendal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kendal has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kendal last name declined 12 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 42 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 112 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 123 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kendal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (81%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kendal surname are 4.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.35% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kendal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.16% less than the national average, earning 217,482 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.55% more than the national average, earning R 333,996 per year; in United States they earn 2.43% less than the national average, earning $42,102 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.55% more than the national average, earning $60,886 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kendall9270,123/
Kendale922,652/
Kenndal9220/
Kendahl923/
Koendal923/
Kendhal921/
Kendeal921/
Kenddal921/
Kndal917/
Kendhale86531/
Kendeall8619/
Kenndale8614/
Kendalle869/
Kendhall867/
Kenndall864/
Kendaall864/
Kendalll862/
Kendasll862/
Kuendahl862/
Keendall861/
Kendaill861/
Ckendall861/
Kenddall861/
Kindal83378/
Cendal83322/
Kendol8368/
Kyndal8353/
Knædal8352/
Kndall833/
Kndale832/
Kuehndahl8016/
Kendalova807/
Kenndhale801/
Kindall771,010/
Kindahl77335/
Kendole77175/
Kindale7758/
Kendoll7756/
Kendoul7728/
Chendal7713/
Khndale7712/
Kündahl775/
Quendal773/
Kindail771/
Kendhol771/
Kindhal771/
Khndail771/
Kyndall770/
Cendall770/
Cuendal770/
Kendallová751/
Cndal731/
Kindaile71132/
Kühndahl7148/
Kindalle711/
Khndaale711/
Cenndall710/
Quendale710/
Cendol67165/
Cindal6786/
Kindalova6748/
Kyndalova673/
Kindol672/
Cendał671/
Cndale671/

Kendal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kendal in the Hindi language
केन्दलkendala66.67
केण्डलkendala33.33
Kendal in the Marathi language
कदळkadala53.57
कदालkadala21.43
केन्डलkendala14.29
कदलkadala7.14
कडालkadala3.57
Kendal in the Oriya language
େକାଳekala50
େକାଲekala40
କଦଳୀkadali10
Kendal in the Russian language
Кендалkendal-

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