The surname Kennington
An English surname, carried by 1,743 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈkɛnɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex K552
Origin
English origin
# For the place in Kent: 'Royal manor', from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + -ing + tūn (“manor”). # For the places in Oxfordshire & London: 'The estate of Cena', from Old English personal name Cēna + -ing + tūn (“estate”).
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,743 people named Kennington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,654.
Who is named Kennington
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Kennington identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kennington come from?
- # For the place in Kent: 'Royal manor', from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + -ing + tūn (“manor”). # For the places in Oxfordshire & London: 'The estate of Cena', from Old English personal name Cēna + -ing + tūn (“estate”).
- How common is the surname Kennington?
- 1,743 people in the United States had the surname Kennington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kennington?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kennington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Kennington?
- Kennington is /ˈkɛnɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
- Is the surname Kennington getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 5.4%.