Kenton meaning | Last name Kenton origin

Following is the meaning of Kenton surname. Family name Kenton is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Kenton
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kenton

Kenton is used as a family name or surname in United States languages. Kenton has 6 characters long in length.

Kenton is common in United States country(ies).

Kenton is ranked 106145 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kentons plummeted by 3.715365 per cent to 1529 since 2000 and slipped by 1573 spots and ranked at 18198. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.91 72.23
Black 14.85 13.98
American Indian and Alaska Native 8.89 9.26
Hispanic or Latino 4.25 3.4
Others 1.7 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.39 0

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

How popular is Kenton?

Kenton is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Suriname. Around 3889 people have been found who wears Kenton as their family name. Kenton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
19,452 Malaysia3
127,708 Czech Republic3
9,097 Wales3
131,225 Spain2
3,478 Haiti2
124,220 Italy2
24,766 Scotland2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
13,447 Uganda1
120,357 Argentina1
24,176 Qatar1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
172,258 Germany1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,275 Costa Rica36
62,494 Netherlands22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,423 Jamaica89
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Immigrants to US

Oliver Kenton worked as tailoress and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 16 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Yorkshire and arrived on July 31, 1846. Tailoress Frances Kenton, Helena Kenton, Fena Kenton, aged 5, 28 years old John Kenton, are others that migrated to US.

Comments :Glennie Mahr  The origin of the name is Anglo-Saxon etymology comes from the agglutination of the person Gaelic name kent town and that means the city of Kent - brilliant -.

Celebrities having Kenton surname

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