How common is the surname Kennett?

3,521 people in the United States had the surname Kennett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. It ranked 9,245th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kennett getting more or less common?

More common. 2,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,521 in 2010, up 61%.

The surname Kennett

A surname, carried by 3,521 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kennett is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,521 people named Kennett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,183.

#9,245

rank among US surnames

3,521

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+61.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,911)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,236	Trader	3,525	87,587
#9,237	Bennet	3,523	87,637
#9,241	Kost	3,522	87,662
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687
#9,251	Cui	3,520	87,712
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737

Who is named Kennett

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

90% of people named Kennett identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kennett

Kennett has the Soundex code K530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K530.

Questions

How common is the surname Kennett?: 3,521 people in the United States had the surname Kennett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. It ranked 9,245th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kennett?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kennett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kennett getting more or less common?: More common. 2,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,521 in 2010, up 61%.