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    The surname Kenrick

    A surname, carried by 344 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K562

    Kenrick: #58,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kenrick #58,876, 344 people Kenrick: #58,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kenrick #58,876, 344 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kenrick is more common than 63.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Middle English Cenric, Kendrich, of several origins: * From Old English Cyneric, from cyne- (“royal”) + ric (“power”), * Borrowed from Middle Welsh Cynwrig (“greatest champion”), from cynt (“before, first”) + gwr (“man”) + -ig * Borrowed from Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh via Enright, in which case also a doublet of Hanratty

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 344 people named Kenrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 897,516 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 365.

    #58,876
    rank among US surnames
    344
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #53,191)

    Who is named Kenrick

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

    81% of people named Kenrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Kenrick has the Soundex code K562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K562.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kenrick come from?
    From Middle English Cenric, Kendrich, of several origins: * From Old English Cyneric, from cyne- (“royal”) + ric (“power”), * Borrowed from Middle Welsh Cynwrig (“greatest champion”), from cynt (“before, first”) + gwr (“man”) + -ig * Borrowed from Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh via Enright, in which case…
    How common is the surname Kenrick?
    344 people in the United States had the surname Kenrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 897,516 Americans. It ranked 58,876th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kenrick?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Kenrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kenrick getting more or less common?
    Less common. 365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 344 in 2010, down 5.8%.
    What are other spellings of Kenrick?
    Kendrick, Kenwrick and Kenwright.