# Kenan (surname)

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

A surname from Hebrew.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 790 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,768 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 390,817 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (735 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n). * Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kenan 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kenan in the United Kingdom.

## People named Kenan

- Gil Kenan, British-American-Israeli film director

## Similar surnames

Keenan, Kennon, Koenen, Kenyon, Kinman, Kamin, Kinyon, Kamen, Kannan, Konen, Keenum, Kanaan.

## 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.