# Kendall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kendall/  
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 Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,209 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,126 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,893 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (29,524 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɛndəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Kendal, Kendell, Kindall |

## Etymology

From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kendall 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kendall in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Kendall

- Henry Way Kendall, American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist (1886-1972)
- Suzy Kendall, British actress
- Cy Kendall, American actor (1898-1953)
- Amos Kendall, American politician (1789–1869)
- Henry Kendall, Australian author and bush poet (1839-1882)
- Donald M. Kendall, American businessman (1921–2020)
- David Kendall, American film director
- Jason Kendall, American baseball player
- Charles West Kendall, American politician (1828-1914)
- Nathan E. Kendall, American politician (1868-1936)
- Luke Kendall, Australian basketball player (born 1981)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Khandelwal, Kindle, Kindel, Kandel, Knittel.

## 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.