# Kenley (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,101 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,167 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 280,423 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (1,096 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kinley, Kynlee |

## Etymology

* Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley * Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kenley 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Kinley, Kennelly, Kennell, Kenneally, Kimmel, Knoll, Kamal, Kinlaw, Kamel, Knell, Kimmell.

## 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.