Kening Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 4
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Kening Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Kening family

Profession Census Frequency
Shoe Maker 1
Female Servant 1
Clock Maker 1
Lace Maker 1
Brick Layer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Draper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Kening

Name Census Frequency
John Kening 15
Mary Kening 9
Elizabeth Kening 8
Charles Kening 6
William Kening 6
Annie Kening 5
Joseph Kening 5
Margaret Kening 4
Alexander Kening 3
Edward Kening 3
Ellen Kening 3
Frances Kening 3
Patrick Kening 3
Robert Kening 3
Sarah Kening 3
Thomas Kening 3
Ann Kening 2
Anne Kening 2
Bridget Kening 2
Catherine Kening 2
Edmund Kening 2
Harriet Kening 2
Agnes Kening 1
Alfreda Kening 1
Alice Kening 1

Kening Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kenning 86% 4,172
2 Conning 57% 1,153
3 Coning 67% 376
4 Keening 86% 163
5 Kening 100% 138

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The surname Kening is the 5th most popular variant of Kenning.

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