The kennison Surname

kennison Name Meaning and History

Scottish and English: patronymic from Kenny or variant spelling of Kenison.

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The kennison name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kennison family name as far back in history as possible.

kennison Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of kennison Families in the US in 1920

Number of kennison families

18-33

7-17

1-6

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Thread	Author	Replies
David Kennison from Chicago	cruzco1	5
Keniston	salleeshott2010	0
Kennison, Kenneison, Kennesion,	nkenneison	8
lenora	butterfly2117	1
Eva May Kennison Parsons	ColinQuimby	0
Wentworth Kennison of Mt. Desert, Hancock County, Maine	ColinQuimby	1
Absalom Kinnison	Fred Kinnison	8
Samuel Kennison	jane_gilbert	0
Kennison''s of Minn, CT	Justin Kennison	1
ROBERT E. KENNISON GRAYSON CO.KY.	ninaalemao83	0

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