# Kenneally (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kenneally/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,287 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,591 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 239,896 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.8% (1,194 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Keneally, Kenealy, Kennelly |

## Etymology

Reduced of Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cionnfhaolaidh (“descendant of Cionnfhaoladh”), a personal name composed of the elements ceann (“head”) + faol (“wolf”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kenneally 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Similar surnames

Kennelly, Kennell, Kenley, Kimmel, Knoll, Kinley, 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.