How common is the surname Kenyon?

12,891 people in the United States had the surname Kenyon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,950 Americans. It ranked 2,796th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kenyon?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kenyon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kenyon?

Kathleen Kenyon, British archaeologist (1906-1978), followed by Doris Kenyon.

Where is the surname Kenyon most common?

Wikidata records people named Kenyon in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Kenyon getting more or less common?

More common. 12,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,891 in 2010, up 2.1%.

Is Kenyon also a first name?

Yes. Kenyon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kenyon

A surname, carried by 12,891 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K550 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kenyon is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,891 people named Kenyon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,950 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,620.

#2,796

rank among US surnames

12,891

people in 2010

4.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,788	Lipscomb	12,948	23,845
#2,789	Carreon	12,941	23,858
#2,790	Pease	12,937	23,865
#2,791	Regalado	12,931	23,876
#2,792	Oldham	12,928	23,882
#2,793	Belanger	12,922	23,893
#2,794	Alcantar	12,919	23,899

Who is named Kenyon

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

93% of people named Kenyon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kenyons

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathleen Kenyon
British archaeologist (1906-1978)
Doris Kenyon
American actress (1897–1979)
Sandy Kenyon
American actor (1922–2010)
William S. Kenyon
American politician (1869–1933)
Richard Kenyon
American mathematician, born 1964
Dorothy Kenyon
American politician (1888–1972)

Notable Kenyons come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kenyon

Kenyon has the Soundex code K550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K550.

Questions

How common is the surname Kenyon?: 12,891 people in the United States had the surname Kenyon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,950 Americans. It ranked 2,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kenyon?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kenyon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kenyon?: Kathleen Kenyon, British archaeologist (1906-1978), followed by Doris Kenyon.
Where is the surname Kenyon most common?: Wikidata records people named Kenyon in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Kenyon getting more or less common?: More common. 12,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,891 in 2010, up 2.1%.
Is Kenyon also a first name?: Yes. Kenyon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.