Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• California (53,548)
• New York (39,714)
• Pennsylvania (24,114)
• Illinois (16,629)
• Massachusetts (15,548)
• Maryland (13,848)
• Ohio (11,756)
• Indiana (11,674)
• North Carolina (11,255)
• Michigan (10,759)
• Texas (9,746)
• New Jersey (9,673)
• Colorado (9,661)
• Virginia (9,014)
• Connecticut (6,223)
• Tennessee (5,888)
• Missouri (5,759)
• Kentucky (5,614)
• South Carolina (5,554)
• Alabama (4,651)
• Kansas (4,510)
• Minnesota (4,444)
• Iowa (4,433)
• Georgia (4,379)
• Washington (3,935)
• Mississippi (3,612)
• West Virginia (3,370)
• Nebraska (3,242)
• Oklahoma (3,179)
• Wisconsin (3,077)
• Florida (2,992)
• Maine (2,503)
• Arkansas (2,380)
• Montana (2,047)
• Vermont (1,979)
• Utah (1,939)
• North Dakota (1,674)
• Arizona (1,521)
• Louisiana (1,411)
• Rhode Island (1,148)
• Oregon (1,027)
• Idaho (1,021)
• South Dakota (813)
• New Hampshire (801)
• New Mexico (712)
• Wyoming (482)
• Hawaii (473)
• Nevada (325)
• Alaska (259)
• Delaware (238)

All countries

• United States (374,299)
• United Kingdom (259,643)
• Ireland (127,496)
• Australia (32,614)
• New Zealand (22,873)
• Canada (16,838)
• Switzerland (6,222)
• France (5,168)
• Unknown country (3,563)
• Spain (1,375)
• Italy (1,319)
• Germany (1,245)
• Netherlands (1,051)
• Estonia (658)
• Belgium (571)
• Colombia (535)
• Mexico (528)
• Cuba (486)
• Russian Federation (362)
• India (333)
• China (301)
• Poland (265)
• Sweden (249)
• South Africa (246)
• Argentina (228)
• Paraguay (227)
• Greece (209)
• Austria (200)
• Brazil (151)
• Turkey (142)
• Peru (141)
• Viet Nam (138)
• Korea, Republic of (116)
• Egypt (114)
• Jamaica (107)
• Portugal (106)
• Japan (104)
• Norway (101)
• Lebanon (98)
• Indonesia (92)

Origine of last name

KENNEDY : From the Gaelic or Celtic words Kean-na-ty; the head of the house, or chief of the clan. Ceannaide signifies also a shopkeeper, a merchant.