How common is the last name Kenney?

26,131 people in the United States have the last name Kenney, about 1 in 11,438. It ranks #1,321 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KENNEY

#1,321

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
26,131
About
1 in 11,438
This common or more
42.9%
Who bears it

Of the 26,131 people with the last name Kenney, 84.9% reported their origin as White, 7.1% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kenney

#1,319 Kendrick · 26,142#1,320 Langley · 26,134#1,322 Leyva · 26,104#1,323 Madrigal · 26,085

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenney, most common first.

#2,143 Kenny · 16,474#4,009 Keeney · 8,599#25,839 Keaney · 998#62,494 Kenne · 346#98,894 Kenneh · 196#115,686 Keney · 160

Also a first name

As a first name, Kenney ranks #9,619 of 53,615, with 1,434 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1960, with 94 births. See Kenney as a first name

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