Kennendy Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kennendy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kennendy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Kennendy (60) may also be a first name.

Kennendy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kennendy is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kennendy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Kennendy reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 60 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 10,068,304. In The United States Kennendy is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live, North Carolina, where 17 percent live and Texas, where 11 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Kennendy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kennendy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kennendy surname expanded 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kennendy Last Name Statistics demography

Kennendy earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.56% less than the national average, earning $39,024 USD per year.

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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 Kennendy
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