Kennel Surname
Approximately 4,029 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameKennel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,276 | 1:284,059 | 26,437 |
| France | 1,275 | 1:52,096 | 6,854 |
| Germany | 602 | 1:133,730 | 16,296 |
| South Africa | 197 | 1:275,014 | 27,210 |
| Switzerland | 164 | 1:50,079 | 6,640 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Canada | 69 | 1:533,994 | 44,923 |
| Argentina | 63 | 1:678,467 | 46,871 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| Israel | 48 | 1:178,284 | 17,874 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Serbia | 5 | 1:1,428,990 | 29,746 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 45 | 1:541,675 | 28,673 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 484 | 1:103,758 | 10,469 |
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.
(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]
KENEL, KENELL: Probably the French surname Quesnel, an archaism for the oak-tree.
Kennel Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennell | 92 | 3,386 | / |
| Kaennel | 92 | 41 | / |
| Kenniel | 92 | 39 | / |
| Koennel | 92 | 30 | / |
| Kuennel | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kennl | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kuehnnel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kinnel | 83 | 482 | / |
| Könnel | 83 | 93 | / |
| Knnoel | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kynnel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kemnel | 83 | 0 | / |
| Kennil | 83 | 0 | / |
| Cennel | 83 | 0 | / |
| Knel | 80 | 176 | / |
| Kenl | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kinnell | 77 | 886 | / |
| Kennild | 77 | 18 | / |
| Chennel | 77 | 13 | / |
| Künnell | 77 | 8 | / |
| Quennel | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kaennil | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cennell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kinniel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kennleh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Qennell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Coennel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kinnuel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kynnell | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kennill | 77 | 0 | / |
| Kuinnel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Knell | 73 | 4,716 | / |
| Kniel | 73 | 550 | / |
| Knesl | 73 | 219 | / |
| Kneel | 73 | 45 | / |
| Knuel | 73 | 28 | / |
| Kienl | 73 | 23 | / |
| Knoel | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kuenl | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kinnl | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knelp | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knehl | 73 | 2 | / |
| Koenl | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kneul | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kenll | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keenl | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cennl | 73 | 1 | / |
| Knelt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kneld | 73 | 0 | / |
| Quennell | 71 | 516 | / |
| Chennell | 71 | 460 | / |
| Kinniell | 71 | 9 | / |
| Knoell | 67 | 823 | / |
| Kuehnl | 67 | 375 | / |
| Cinnel | 67 | 32 | / |
| Knl | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kenleh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Knaell | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cennil | 67 | 4 | / |
| K'Nell | 67 | 4 | / |
| Queennell | 67 | 3 | / |
| Knelpp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Knehel | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koehnl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knuell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cnnell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cknell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kckinnell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keehnl | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kniell | 67 | 0 | / |
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