Home>Name Popularity>Last Names>K>Kenk-Kenn>Kennedy>New Jersey

Kennedy

in New Jersey

There are 3,559 people with the last name "Kennedy" in New Jersey.

Add to web page

Ranking in New Jersey

NameRank
Kennedy 106
close
  1. is 102nd most common Colon
  2. is 103rd most common Ward
  3. is 104th most common Wang
  4. is 105th most common Watson
  5. is 106th most common Kennedy
  6. is 107th most common Richardson
  7. is 108th most common Turner
  8. is 109th most common Vargas
  9. is 110th most common Peterson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kenney, Kenny, Kenneth, Kennard, Kenner, Kennon, Kennett, Kennelly, Kennison, Kennerly

Most Common First Names for Kennedy

John, James, Robert, William, Michael, Joseph, Thomas, Kevin, Richard, David

Meaning & History

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’, a personal name derived from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’.

FOREBEARS Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland, where the family's medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire coast, facing the Irish Sea. The great-grandparents of U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) came to North America as immigrants from Ireland in the 1840s. His paternal great-grandparents were Patrick Kennedy (1823–58), born in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, and Bridget Murphy, who was born probably in Owenduff, County Wexford, Ireland in about 1827; they came to Boston, MA, in 1849. His maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Fitzgerald (1823–85), who was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, and Rose Anna Cox, who was born probably in Tomregan or Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland, in about 1835; they came to Boston, MA, in 1857. An early Scottish Kennedy forebear of a quite different family was British colonial official Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), the son of Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, who emigrated to NY about 1710.

Recent Searches for "Kennedy" in New Jersey

Since June 2009
1,473

Most Popular Search

John Kennedy, NJ (9 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages. (nv1)

© 2009 WhitePages Inc. - Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Microsoft MapPoint Terms of Use and Privacy Statement