# Ennis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ennis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,419 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,220 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,804 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (16,102 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Inis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ennis in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ennis in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Ennis

- Garth Ennis, British comics writer
- James Ennis, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Ethel Ennis, American musician (1932–2019)

## Similar surnames

Enos, Enns, Ewing, Eng, Enoch, Eanes, Eames, Emig, Enochs, Emigh, Engh, Eunice.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.