How Many People Have the Last Name Kenny?
people had the surname Kenny in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 16,920 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
+618 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kenny (88.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 5.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kenny ranks #1,543. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kenny grew from 16,811 people in 2000 to 17,429 in 2010 (up 3.7%), and its rank fell from #1,972 to #2,077. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 6.23 to 5.91 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 16,811 | 17,429 |
| Rank | #1,972 | #2,077 |
| Per 100,000 people | 6.23 | 5.91 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kenny
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kenny: K500
👤 Kenny as a First Name
Kenny is a first name too: about 42,323 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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