Last Name KENDELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Kendal, county Estmire. The manufacture of 'Kendal green' made this town early famous, and of necessity caused the surname to be common. The result is that it is familiar to every directory in the English-speaking world. The river 'Kent' still flows through the 'dale.' The surname is frequently met with in all the adjacent villages and towns of the Furness district of North Lancashire.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 30,645 (2000 US census) 27,526 (1990 US census)
Count 718 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.12%, or 604 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.09%, or 94 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.97%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.53%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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