Kennett Surname

53,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Kennett 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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Kennett Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9371:18,9712,719
United States2,8911:125,37513,319
Australia2,3151:11,6611,712
Canada6221:59,2376,992
New Zealand2681:16,8972,950
Wales1541:20,0942,123
South Africa731:742,16051,964
Scotland581:92,3076,478
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
India101:76,706,538639,611
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
France31:22,140,907385,998
Jersey31:33,0674,675
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland211:210,9469,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6601:14,6842,189
Wales31:522,80514,314
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6001:83,6988,740

Kennett (968) may also be a first name.

Kennett 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

Kennett Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kennett is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kennett? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kennett is the 53,841st most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 769,378 people. Kennett is primarily found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Kennett are found; 36 percent are found in North America and 36 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kennett is also the 259,154th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 968 people.

The surname Kennett is most widespread in England, where it is held by 2,937 people, or 1 in 18,971. In England Kennett is most numerous in: Kent, where 21 percent live, Greater London, where 12 percent live and Hampshire, where 8 percent live. Barring England this surname is found in 50 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 24 percent live.

Kennett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kennett has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kennett last name increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 482 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 5,133 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kennett Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kennett last name is primarily Methodist (52%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kennett last name are 19.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.52% being registered with the party.

The amount Kennett earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 15.5% more than the national average, earning R 274,476 per year; in United States they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $45,126 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,548 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kennette93194/
Kennetth932/
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Kennettt931/
Kennet92588/
Kennethth881/
Kenneth8633,276/
Kinnett861,597/
Cennett8621/
Kennete8618/
Kennedt864/
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Kennitt860/
Knett8375/
Kuenneth8032/
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Kehnneth801/
Quennett801/
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Keenneth801/
Kingnett801/
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Kennieth800/
Kennecht800/
Chennett800/
Coennett800/
Cennet771,281/
Kenned77150/
Kinnet7767/
Knneth778/
Knette772/
Kneitt772/
Kennetová753/
Knet73212/
Cuennet71591/
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Kennith7162/
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Kennhed7112/
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Chennet712/
Kennedd712/
Kimnett711/
K'Neytt711/
K'Neitt711/
Knechtt711/
Cinnett711/
Könnete711/
Kennedh711/
Keenned710/
Quinnett67274/
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Khnet676/
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