Kennyon Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 15
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Kennyon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kennyon family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Scholar 2
Assistant Mechanic 1
Bleacher 1
Cotton Clerk Labourer 1
Cotton Packer 1
Looker At Cloth Works 1
Spectacle Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kennyon

Name Census Frequency
William Kennyon 15
James Kennyon 10
John Kennyon 10
Mary Kennyon 10
Ann Kennyon 9
Elizabeth Kennyon 8
Sarah Kennyon 8
Alice Kennyon 7
Margaret Kennyon 7
Thomas Kennyon 7
Jane Kennyon 6
Charles Kennyon 4
Annie Kennyon 3
Betsy Kennyon 3
Betty Kennyon 3
Edward Kennyon 3
Ellen Kennyon 3
George Kennyon 3
Hannah Kennyon 3
Herbert Kennyon 3
Luke Kennyon 3
Richard Kennyon 3
Samuel Kennyon 3
Arthur Kennyon 2
Edith Kennyon 2

Kennyon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kenyon 86% 38,914
2 Kenyan 71% 947
3 Kennyon 100% 206

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The surname Kennyon is the 3rd most popular variant of Kenyon.

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