# Kenton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kenton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,529 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,198 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 201,926 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.7% (1,588 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɛn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kenton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kenton in the United States.

## People named Kenton

- Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader (1911-1979)

## Similar surnames

Kintner, Kantner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.