How Many People Have the Last Name Kennedy?
people had the surname Kennedy in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,668 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+5,229 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kennedy (80.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 13.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kennedy ranks #101. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 83% to 80.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kennedy grew from 171,636 people in 2000 to 176,865 in 2010 (up 3%), and its rank fell from #130 to #146. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 63.62 to 59.96 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 171,636 | 176,865 |
| Rank | #130 | #146 |
| Per 100,000 people | 63.62 | 59.96 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kennedy
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kennedy: K530
👤 Kennedy as a First Name
Kennedy is a first name too: about 99,699 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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