Explore the Family Name Kenrick

The meaning of Kenrick

Welsh: from the personal name Cynwrig, from cyn ‘chief, first’ + an uncertain second element.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Kenrick in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kenrick has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 53,191 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, this ranking had dropped to 58,876, indicating a decline of around 10.69%. Similarly, the count of people with the Kenrick surname also fell from 365 individuals in 2000 to 344 in 2010, marking a drop of roughly 5.75%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the name Kenrick per 100,000 people decreased by 14.29% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#53,191	#58,876	-10.69%
Count	365	344	-5.75%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.12	-14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kenrick

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Kenrick, the Decennial U.S. Census reports that in 2000, around 84.66% of those carrying the surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 81.10% in 2010. The percentage identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase, rising from 2.74% in 2000 to 5.81% in 2010. Those identifying as Black represented 8.77% in 2000 and slipped slightly to 8.43% by 2010. Lastly, individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native made up 2.19% in 2000, increasing to 2.91% in 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with the Kenrick surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or of two or more races in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	84.66%	81.1%	-4.21%
Black	8.77%	8.43%	-3.88%
Hispanic	2.74%	5.81%	112.04%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.19%	2.91%	32.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%