Kneen 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 14
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 313
Kent 0
Lancashire 55
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
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

Kneen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kneen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 73
Domestic Servant 10
Joiner 9
Agricultural Labourer 8
General Servant 8
Dress Maker 5
Farmer's Daughter 5
General Servant Domestic 5
Farmer's Wife 4
House Keeper 4
Joiner's Daughter 4
Shoe Maker 4
Blacksmith 3
Cook 3
Labourer 3
Annuitant 3
Farm Labourer 3
Farmers Daughter 3
Lead Miner 3
Mariner 3
Mariner's Wife 3
Tailor 3
Employed At Home 2
Farm Servant 2
Farmer 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Kneen

Name Census Frequency
William Kneen 262
John Kneen 249
Thomas Kneen 230
Elizabeth Kneen 150
Margaret Kneen 148
Jane Kneen 140
Catherine Kneen 120
Mary Kneen 95
Ann Kneen 89
Eleanor Kneen 82
James Kneen 82
Robert Kneen 81
Edward Kneen 59
Annie Kneen 54
Isabella Kneen 49
Ellen Kneen 45
George Kneen 37
Joseph Kneen 37
Esther Kneen 33
Sarah Kneen 33
Philip Kneen 32
Daniel Kneen 29
Alfred Kneen 26
Richard Kneen 26
Alice Kneen 25

Kneen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Keenan 50% 7,859
2 Kneen 100% 2,918
3 Kenn 60% 1,705
4 Kenna 40% 1,346
5 Kinna 20% 552
6 Neen 80% 481
7 Keenen 67% 402
8 Kaneen 83% 347
9 Kenion 50% 316
10 Kennie 33% 293
11 Kinn 40% 285
12 Kenne 40% 216
13 Kann 40% 195
14 Kenan 40% 138
15 Kunn 40% 130
16 Kunan 40% 125
17 Kaanan 33% 114

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The surname Kneen is the 2nd most popular variant of Keenan.

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