Kennel Surname

114,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,029 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Kennel Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kenell.' I cannot find the spot, but evidently it is in the West country.

John de Kenell, Herefordshire, Henry III-Edward I.

1601. Richard Keynell, Dorset: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Kennel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2761:284,05926,437
France1,2751:52,0966,854
Germany6021:133,73016,296
South Africa1971:275,01427,210
Switzerland1641:50,0796,640
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Canada691:533,99444,923
Argentina631:678,46746,871
India581:13,225,265229,403
Israel481:178,28417,874
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
England131:4,286,005132,302
Belgium131:884,35769,774
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Serbia51:1,428,99029,746
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malta11:430,2723,380
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4841:103,75810,469

Kennel (318) may also be a first name.

Kennel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kenell.' I cannot find the spot, but evidently it is in the West country.

John de Kenell, Herefordshire, Henry III-Edward I.

1601. Richard Keynell, Dorset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1607. Buried — Elizabeth, d. Thomas Kennell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1774. Married —John Kennell and Martha Church: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) = Kenn1 (q.v.) + the French dim suff. -el.

The present-day Norman form of this name is Queneau, for earlier Quenel = French Chenel, ‘Little Dog’: cp. English kennel from the Norman form of French chenil, ‘dog-house’ [Low Latin canile, from Latin can-is, a dog]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

KENEL, KENELL: Probably the French surname Quesnel, an archaism for the oak-tree.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Kennel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kennel is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kennel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kennel is the 114,713th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,808,773 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Kennel reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 32 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Kennel is also the 492,367th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 318 people.

Kennel is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,276 people, or 1 in 284,059. In The United States Kennel is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent reside, Illinois, where 8 percent reside and Nebraska, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 51 countries. It is also found in France, where 32 percent reside and Germany, where 15 percent reside.

Kennel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kennel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kennel surname grew 264 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kennel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kennel surname are 19.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.56% registered with the party.

The amount Kennel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.05% less than the national average, earning R 130,572 per year; in United States they earn 0.88% more than the national average, earning $43,529 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.74% more than the national average, earning $55,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kennell923,386/
Kaennel9241/
Kenniel9239/
Koennel9230/
Kuennel921/
Kennl911/
Kuehnnel861/
Kinnel83482/
Könnel8393/
Knnoel832/
Kynnel831/
Kemnel830/
Kennil830/
Cennel830/
Knel80176/
Kenl804/
Kinnell77886/
Kennild7718/
Chennel7713/
Künnell778/
Quennel775/
Kaennil772/
Cennell771/
Kinniel771/
Kennleh771/
Qennell771/
Coennel770/
Kinnuel770/
Kynnell770/
Kennill770/
Kuinnel770/
Knell734,716/
Kniel73550/
Knesl73219/
Kneel7345/
Knuel7328/
Kienl7323/
Knoel738/
Kuenl733/
Kinnl732/
Knelp732/
Knehl732/
Koenl732/
Kneul731/
Kenll731/
Keenl731/
Cennl731/
Knelt730/
Kneld730/
Quennell71516/
Chennell71460/
Kinniell719/
Knoell67823/
Kuehnl67375/
Cinnel6732/
Knl6729/
Kenleh676/
Knaell676/
Cennil674/
K'Nell674/
Queennell673/
Knelpp672/
Knehel672/
Koehnl671/
Knuell671/
Cnnell671/
Cknell671/
Kckinnell671/
Keehnl670/
Kniell670/

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