Kennet Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Kennet Surname Definition:

(1) Nick 'le kenet.' N.F. tenet; Middle English tenet, a little dog, a diminutive of ten (v. Kenn). 'Kenet, hownde. cam'cuius': Promptorium Parvulorum 'Kenettys, teroures, butchers houndes, dunghylldogges': Damejulyan Berner's Doctryne, quoted by Way.

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Kennet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1621:1,093,47445,309
Papua New Guinea1051:77,65410,215
United States741:4,898,094251,818
England591:944,37447,923
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
India161:47,941,586492,263
Cameroon141:1,483,50583,777
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
France31:22,140,907385,998
China31:455,773,85521,925
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1321:184,66215,113
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Kennet (6,269) may also be a first name.

Kennet Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) Nick 'le kenet.' N.F. tenet; Middle English tenet, a little dog, a diminutive of ten (v. Kenn). 'Kenet, hownde. cam'cuius': Promptorium Parvulorum 'Kenettys, teroures, butchers houndes, dunghylldogges': Damejulyan Berner's Doctryne, quoted by Way. 'A kenit;caniculta': Herrtage's Catholicism Anglicum (a) Local, 'of Kennett,' a parish in Cambridgeshire, five miles from Newmarket. Also East and West Kennett, parishes in Wiltshire.

Peter de Kenet, Norfolk, 1337: History of Norfolk.

Nicholas de Kenet, Kent, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Thomas de Kenete, Berkshire, ibid.

Peter de Kenet, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Kenet, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

1586. William Kennett and Barbara Eglesfield: Marriage Lic. (London).

1596. Richard Clark and Susan Kennett (Essex): ibid.

1789. Married — Peircy Kennett and Catherine Carty: St. George, Hanover Square.

It is manifest that (a) is the chief parent.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) = Kenn1 (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -et.

The present-day Norman form of this name is Quenet or Quenot.

A Rouen, on dit parmi le peuple quenot pour petit chien; on appelle aussi les chenets [firedogs] des quenots.—Dict. de la Conversation, s.v. ‘chenet’ Moisy.

(Celtic) belonging to Kennet (Wilts), the Domesday Chenete, from the river-name (the source of the Kennet, which apparently named the Roman station Cunet-io, is near.) Peter de Kenet (Wilts).—Hundred Rolls (English) belonging to Kennet(t (Camb.), the Domesday Chenet, which, acc. to Skeat (‘Place-Names of Camb.’, p. 69), is near a river of the same name.

William de Kenet (Camb.).—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. The river Kennet in Berkshire. 2. The Scottish baptismal name Keneth. Its latinization is Cunetius.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Kennet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kennet (Marathi: केनेट, Russian: Кеннет) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kennet? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kennet is the 544,808th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,393,786 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 37 percent of Kennet live; 28 percent live in West Africa and 28 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 83,283rd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 6,269 people.

Kennet is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 1,093,474. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent are found, Taraba, where 10 percent are found and Cross River, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Kennet is found in 37 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Kennet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kennet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kennet last name declined 7 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kennet Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kennet surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kennet earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.03% less than the national average, earning R 97,356 per year; in United States they earn 4.28% more than the national average, earning $44,997 USD per year and in Canada they earn 86.85% more than the national average, earning $92,832 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenneth9233,276/
Kennett929,472/
Kennete9218/
Kennedt924/
Kenneht921/
Kenneit921/
Kennette86194/
Kuenneth8632/
Kennneth868/
Kenneith865/
Kenneath865/
Kennethh864/
Kennethe864/
Kkenneth862/
Kenneeth862/
Kennetth862/
Kennedth862/
Kehnneth861/
Keenneth861/
Kennettt861/
Kaennett861/
Kennethd861/
Kennecht860/
Kennieth860/
Cennet831,281/
Kenned83150/
Kinnet8367/
Knneth838/
Knet80212/
Kennetová803/
Kennethth801/
Kinnett771,597/
Cuennet77591/
Kingnet77225/
Kemnetz77163/
Quennet77115/
Kinnetz7799/
Künneth7798/
Kennith7762/
Kinnest7735/
Cennett7721/
Kennhed7712/
Kinneth773/
Kenneyd773/
Kennedd772/
Chennet772/
Könnete771/
Kennedh771/
Keenned770/
Kemnett770/
Kennitt770/
Knets7399/
Knett7375/
Kneut7351/
Knetz7346/
Kneit7332/
Kneht7312/
Khnet736/
Kniet735/
Knete734/
Knned733/
Kcnet731/
Kneth731/
Kneat731/
Kinnette712/
Kingnett711/
Kinnetts711/
Quennett711/
Kemneitz711/
Chennett710/
Coennett710/
Kneitz67228/
Kneist67176/
Kneath67173/
Cinnet6774/
Kneite6737/
Kinnit6717/
Kneetz676/
Knetch676/
Knetsz675/
Knette672/
Kneitt672/
Kneith672/
Queenneth672/
Kneeth671/
Kneeht671/
K'Nete671/
K'Neit671/
Khneet671/
Khnest671/
Kneits671/
Kneuth670/
Kinned670/
Kennid670/

Kennet Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kennet in the Marathi language
केनेटkeneta77.78
कॅनेथkenetha11.11
केन्थkentha11.11
Kennet in the Russian language
Кеннетkennet-

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