Last Name KENNISTON

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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 47,485 (2000 US census) 28,814 (1990 US census)
Count 420 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90%, or 378 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.19%, or 5 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 7.62%, or 32 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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