Kennety Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Ireland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Kennety Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kennety Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Kennety (219) may also be a first name.

Kennety Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kennety occurs most in Northern Ireland. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kennety? popularity and diffusion

Kennety is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Kennety live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles. Kennety is also the 609,814th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 219 people.

The surname is most widely held in Northern Ireland, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 230,630. In Northern Ireland Kennety is primarily concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Not including Northern Ireland it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Kennety Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kennety has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kennety surname declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kennety Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kennety last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kennethy937/
Kennetty932/
Kennete8618/
Kenneti864/
Kenneta863/
Kennity862/
Knety831/
Kennette80194/
Kennetha806/
Kennethe804/
Kennetta803/
Kenneata802/
Kenneteh801/
Kennethj800/
Knetty7710/
Knethy771/
Kneity771/
Kenneatta751/
Kennethea751/
Kennettee750/
Kenneaster7131/
Kenniti712/
Kemneti711/
Kinnity711/
Könnete711/
Knnetti711/
Kennita711/
Kemnity710/
Kneta6750/
Chenneti6730/
Knete674/
Kinnette672/
Kneti671/
Kemneter670/
Kennitha670/

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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 Kennety
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