How common is the surname Kenley?

1,101 people in the United States had the surname Kenley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kenley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 0.5%.

Is Kenley also a first name?

Yes. Kenley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kenley

A place surname, carried by 1,101 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K540 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kenley is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

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

Kenley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,101 people named Kenley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,096.

#23,167

rank among US surnames

1,101

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,039)

Who is named Kenley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

76% of people named Kenley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kinley
Kynlee

Surnames that sound like Kenley

Kenley has the Soundex code K540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K540.

Questions

Where does the surname Kenley come from?: * Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley * Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
How common is the surname Kenley?: 1,101 people in the United States had the surname Kenley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,423 Americans. It ranked 23,167th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kenley?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Kenley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Kenley?: Kenley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kenley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,101 in 2010, up 0.5%.
What are other spellings of Kenley?: Kinley and Kynlee.
Is Kenley also a first name?: Yes. Kenley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.