How common is the surname Kennerly?

1,715 people in the United States had the surname Kennerly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,027 Americans. It ranked 16,696th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kennerly getting more or less common?

More common. 1,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,715 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Kennerly

A surname, carried by 1,715 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K564

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kennerly is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,715 people named Kennerly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,027 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,642.

#16,696

rank among US surnames

1,715

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,184)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922
#16,696	Lorence	1,715	180,027
#16,704	Guidroz	1,714	180,132

Who is named Kennerly

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

57% of people named Kennerly identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Two or more races 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Kennerly?: 1,715 people in the United States had the surname Kennerly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,027 Americans. It ranked 16,696th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kennerly?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Kennerly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kennerly getting more or less common?: More common. 1,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,715 in 2010, up 4.4%.