Popularity of the last name by country

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Origine of last name

KENNEDY : Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’ (from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’); or from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cinnèidigh consisting of mac ‘son’ with an equivalent name. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Canaday">Canaday</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cannady">Cannady</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Cannedy">Cannedy</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Kannady">Kannady</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Kenedy">Kenedy</a>.

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