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    The surname Kennison

    A surname, carried by 2,320 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K525

    Kennison: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kennison #13,177, 2,320 people Kennison: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kennison #13,177, 2,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kennison is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,320 people named Kennison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,991.

    #13,177
    rank among US surnames
    2,320
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,907)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,171Tedeschi2,321133,023
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080
    #13,184Landman2,319133,137
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195

    Who is named Kennison

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

    88% of people named Kennison identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kennison

    Kennison has the Soundex code K525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kennison?
    2,320 people in the United States had the surname Kennison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. It ranked 13,177th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kennison?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kennison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kennison getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,320 in 2010, up 17%.