Last Name KENNEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Irish, South african

Rank	1,184 (2000 US census)	1,348 (1990 US census)

Count	27,189 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.07%, or 24217 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.45%, or 2026 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 133 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.27%, or 73 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 378 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.34%, or 364 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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...

Russian middle names

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Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...