Fennessy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fennessy
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Fennessy

How popular is Fennessy?

Fennessy is common in United States.

Fennessy is ranked 126220 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Fennessies grew by 22.30971 per cent to 932 since 2000 and ranked 26229 after elevating 3032 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.88 92.39
Hispanic or Latino 3.97 3.41
Others 1.18 3.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0
Fennessy is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Ireland. Around 3145 people have been found who wears Fennessy as their family name. Fennessy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
3,791 Namibia2
12,161 Wales2
56,169 Mexico1
1,704,541 India1
120,357 Argentina1
37,493 Austria1
277,603 France1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
81,201 Switzerland1
172,258 Germany1
28,365 Kenya1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,692 Scotland33
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,770 Canada98
Countries with hundreds of Fennessy:
1,040 Ireland595
13,711 England430
8,074 Australia353
27,867 South Africa201
7,143 New Zealand102
Countries with thousands of Fennessy:
23,695 United States1,312
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 19 years old immigrant John Fennessy who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on October 22, 1849 by Effingham put out from Cork. Workman Patt Fennessy, John Fennessy (23) Workman, are other Fennessy that migrated to US.

Fennessy Namesakes

  • Colm Fennessy, from 2007 biography film American Timmi: Cool as Fuck, who portrayed N.

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