Last Name KENISTON

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Meaning A variant of Kynaston. The American forms of Kennison and Kennerson seem to suggest a baptismal derivation. But such is not the case. The suffix '-ston'or 'stone' is frequently corrupted to '-son.'
Local: Of Kynaston. A Shropshire surname.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 25,199 (2000 US census) 24,561 (1990 US census)
Count 923 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.88%, or 885 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0.76%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.08%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.41%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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