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    The surname Kenneally

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,287 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K540

    Kenneally: #20,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kenneally #20,591, 1,287 people Kenneally: #20,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kenneally #20,591, 1,287 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kenneally is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

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

    Kenneally is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,287 people named Kenneally in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,194.

    #20,591
    rank among US surnames
    1,287
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,618)

    Who is named Kenneally

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

    96% of people named Kenneally identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    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

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kenneally

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kenneally come from?
    Reduced of Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cionnfhaolaidh (“descendant of Cionnfhaoladh”), a personal name composed of the elements ceann (“head”) + faol (“wolf”).
    How common is the surname Kenneally?
    1,287 people in the United States had the surname Kenneally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. It ranked 20,591st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kenneally?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kenneally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Kenneally?
    Kenneally is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Kenneally getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,287 in 2010, up 7.8%.
    What are other spellings of Kenneally?
    Keneally, Kenealy and Kennelly.