Kenlyn Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Kenlyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kenlyn Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica151:191,3305,833
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kenlyn (379) may also be a first name.

Kenlyn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kenlyn is held by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenlyn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Kenlyn reside; 75 percent reside in Caribbean and 75 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean. Kenlyn is also the 445,512th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 379 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Jamaica, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 191,330. In Jamaica it is mostly found in: Cornwall County, where 100 percent live. Barring Jamaica this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenlyon921/
Kenlin8364/
Kemlyn832/
Kenlen832/
Knln802/
Kienlen77855/
Kuenlin7777/
Kienlin7758/
Kuenlen7710/
Kenllen770/
Knlin731/
Koehnlin711/
Keenling711/
Kennllen710/
Kinlin67263/
Cenlin675/
Cenlen670/
Kenlim670/
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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 Kenlyn
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