Last Name KENDLE

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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 23,514 (2000 US census) 33,522 (1990 US census)
Count 1,007 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 78.15%, or 787 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.09%, or 162 total occurrences, as black,
  • 2.38%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.99%, or 20 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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