Last Name KENNISON

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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.'

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	13,907 (2000 US census)	11,046 (1990 US census)

Count	1,991 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.41%, or 1800 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.97%, or 79 total occurrences, as black,
1.05%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.05%, or 21 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.21%, or 44 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.31%, or 26 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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