Kennel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kennel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 938 people carried this name — #26,110 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 902 in 2000.

See Kennel on the map Look up another surname

Share

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 535 people named Kennel.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Bas-Rhin 264
Moselle 106
Meuse 38
Meurthe-et-Moselle 22
Haute-Marne 20
Haut-Rhin 18
Seine-Maritime 11
Landes 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

124 people named Kennel live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schwyz.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Schwyz 45
Zurich 22
Aargau 14
Bern 12
Solothurn 8
Lucerne 7
Zug 7
Glarus 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 40 people named Kennel live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 40

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Kennel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Julius von Kennel
    Julius von Kennel 1854–1939 · naturalist
  • Charles Kennel
    Charles Kennel 1939– · physicist
  • Johann Kennel 1826–
  • Moritz Kennel 1911–1989 · musician
  • Moritz Kennel 1911–1984 · musician
  • Karl Kennel 1914–1999

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Kennel.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Kennel is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See what a volume holds
Scroll to Top