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    The surname Kennell

    A surname, carried by 2,292 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K540

    Kennell: #13,306 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kennell #13,306, 2,292 people Kennell: #13,306 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kennell #13,306, 2,292 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kennell is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,292 people named Kennell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,748.

    #13,306
    rank among US surnames
    2,292
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,404)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647
    #13,306Kennell2,292134,706

    Who is named Kennell

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

    86% of people named Kennell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kennell

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kennell?
    2,292 people in the United States had the surname Kennell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kennell?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kennell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kennell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, up 31%.