Kenan meaning | Last name Kenan origin

Following is the meaning of Kenan surname. Family name Kenan is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Kenan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Israel
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kenan

Kenan is used as a family name or surname in Israel languages. Kenan has 5 characters long in length.

Kenan is common in Israel country(ies).

Kenan is ranked 43299 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kenans grew by 7.482993 per cent to 790 since 2000 and ranked 29768 after elevating 323 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 48.86 50.07
Black 43.67 44.49
Others 3.29 2.99
Hispanic or Latino 2.91 1.9

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Kenan

How popular is Kenan?

Kenan is quite popular family name mostly used in Turkey while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 11193 people have been found who wears Kenan as their family name. Kenan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
32,695 Nigeria3
6,706 Lebanon3
14,193 Egypt3
14,126 Colombia3
4,104 South Korea2
65,594 Belgium2
4,944 Bosnia2
40,256 Mexico2
4,781 Malawi2
20,595 China2
2,835 Libya2
20,186 Kenya2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
16,228 Bulgaria1
90,903 Moldova1
165,773 Belarus1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
19,810 Croatia1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

Margaret Kenan hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Stephen Whitney and arrived on April 6, 1846. Workman Patrick Kenan, Bryan Kenan (20) Carpenter, Workman Thomas Kenan, Thomas Kenan, aged 26, Nancy Kenan, Farmer William Kenan, Mick. Kenan (11) Farmer, John Kenan (9), and 37 other Kenan around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, servant migrated to US.

Comments :Evelia Brazee  Kenan is a masculine first name his feast is celebrated on August 3 that is derived from its etymology comes from ken ken ken is a beautiful name masculine origin of the name is Celtic.

Celebrities having Kenan surname

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