How common is the last name Kenny?

16,474 people in the United States have the last name Kenny, about 1 in 18,144. It ranks #2,143 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KENNY

#2,143

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,474
About
1 in 18,144
This common or more
48.6%
Who bears it

Of the 16,474 people with the last name Kenny, 86.3% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Black and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kenny

#2,141 Dias · 16,494#2,141 Eckert · 16,494#2,144 Ransom · 16,469#2,145 Aponte · 16,468

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,321 Kenney · 26,131#17,852 Kenna · 1,543#51,869 Keeny · 433#62,494 Kenne · 346#84,231 Keany · 240#92,574 Kenn · 213#115,686 Keney · 160

Also a first name

As a first name, Kenny ranks #875 of 53,615, with 51,666 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1960, with 1,949 births. See Kenny as a first name

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