How common is the surname Kenner?

5,045 people in the United States had the surname Kenner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,198 Americans. It ranked 6,694th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kenner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,045 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Kenner

A surname, carried by 5,045 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kenner is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,045 people named Kenner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,198 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,865.

#6,694

rank among US surnames

5,045

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+30.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,690	Roos	5,051	61,126
#6,691	Fricke	5,048	61,162
#6,692	Mach	5,047	61,174
#6,694	Kenner	5,045	61,198
#6,697	Pagel	5,043	61,223
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235

Who is named Kenner

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

67% of people named Kenner identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kenner

Kenner has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

Questions

How common is the surname Kenner?: 5,045 people in the United States had the surname Kenner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,198 Americans. It ranked 6,694th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kenner?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Kenner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kenner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,045 in 2010, up 31%.