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

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

How popular is Hennessy?

Hennessy is common in United States.

Hennessy is ranked 15767 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hennessy bearers increased by 1.643627 per cent in 2010 US census to 9338 since 2000, the surname slipped by 240 spots and ranked at 3790. The last name was found in around 32 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.73 96.15
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.4
Others 1.42 1.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.95 0.48
Black 0.59 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.19
Hennessy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 33310 people have been found who wears Hennessy as their family name. Hennessy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
9,568 Thailand8
98,953 Belarus7
95,557 Czech Republic6
7,031 China6
59,967 Moldova4
2,403 Vietnam4
2,113 Taiwan3
6,270 Hong Kong3
14,126 Colombia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
30,723 Georgia3
70,383 Tanzania3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
4,104 South Korea2
14,521 Portugal2
41,879 Turkey2
10,211 Bulgaria2
1,400 Mongolia2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
34,572 Israel2
14,004 Hungary2
3,071 Jersey1
29,046 Japan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
1,819 Laos1
4,942 Libya1
38,830 Morocco1
10,190 Bahrain1
120,357 Argentina1
28,365 Kenya1
28,746 Algeria1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,935 Madagascar1
40,340 Malaysia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
24,421 Slovakia1
24,176 Qatar1
58,885 Poland1
9,591 Panama1
25,746 Finland1
2,715 Gabon1
13,447 Uganda1
34,581 Chile1
9,498 Iceland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
17,236 Ghana1
2,040 Mali1
24,460 Armenia1
169,904 Brazil1
810,193 Indonesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
95,259 Italy45
37,591 Belgium37
3,075 Cyprus34
42,407 Sweden22
28,338 Norway20
29,040 Denmark15
646 Cayman Islands11
3,940 Nicaragua11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
17,456 Switzerland63
75,728 Ukraine60
37,331 Netherlands58
38,900 Spain56
Countries with hundreds of Hennessy:
15,276 Germany672
30,822 Philippines387
30,009 France331
2,296 New Zealand329
2,308 Scotland302
1,467 Wales271
19,046 Mexico183
72,395 Russia178
1,576 Northern Ireland167
Countries with thousands of Hennessy:
92 Ireland7,185
1,773 England4,479
842 Australia3,647
3,222 Canada1,471
5,921 South Africa1,096
Countries with ten thousands of Hennessy:
3,360 United States11,938
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Hennessy was 50 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 18, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Victoria from Liverpool. Ellen Hennessy, aged 18, 24 years old Judith Hennessy, Workman John Hennessy, Mary Hennessy (20) Maid, 27 years old Bess Hennessy, Michael Hennessy, aged 28, Workman Jno. Hennessy, Mary Hennessy (18) Workwoman, and 324 other Hennessy around 59.77% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and carpenter, laundry man/ ironer, mechanic migrated to US.

Comments

S
Serita Bowsher
 Hennessy name of an English family fixed for the seventeenth century in the Charente Hennessy is a nickname.

Hennessy Namesakes

    Larry Hennessy, American basketball player and trainer, who played two seasons in the NBA
  • Val Hennessy, Journalist
  • Neil Hennessy, Musician
  • Frank Hennessy, Singer
  • David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, Politician
  • Cecily Hennessy, Author
  • Cecily Hennessy, Author
  • Michael Hennessy, Politician
  • Rosemary Hennessy, Professor
  • Frank Hennessy, Singer
  • Michael Hennessy, Politician
  • Shaun Hennessy, from 2009 thriller film Somnolence, who portrayed N.

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