# Kilkenny (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,295 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,491 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 238,414 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.0% (1,210 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kɪlˈkɛni/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Cill Chainnigh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kilkenny 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kilkenny in Australia.

## People named Kilkenny

- Neil Kilkenny, Australian footballer

## Similar surnames

Kilcoyne, Klassen, Kleckner, Kelson, Kluesner, Kellison, Klausner, Kaluzny.

## 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.