Kenton Family History
Kenton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so named, for
example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), and
Suffolk. All have as the second element Old English tun
‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. The first element of the place in Devon is
a pre-English river name; the place in London is named with the Old
English personal name Cena; and the place in Suffolk is
named either with Cena or more probably with Old English
cyne- ‘royal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kenton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kenton families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kenton families
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42 - 81 15 - 41 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kenton families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kenton Family Origin
Kenton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Kenton
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Kenton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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