This table shows some hints about where all the Kennamers
ended up. I compiled it by searching the Yahoo white pages for each of the
variant spellings shown, eliminating duplicate entries. This is certainly not a
complete census of family members, but it does suggest that the most common
spelling of the name is probably “Kennemer”
and that about half the family lives in either Alabama or Texas, with Georgia,
Tennessee, Oklahoma and California also hosting significant numbers.
|
Spelling |
|
Kennamer |
Kennemer |
Kennemore |
Kenimer |
Kennamore |
Kenamore |
Kennemur |
Genheimer |
Total |
Alabama |
156 |
80 |
13 |
8 |
25 |
1 |
29 |
|
312 |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Arizona |
1 |
4 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
Arkansas |
6 |
13 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
36 |
California |
14 |
28 |
15 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
1 |
64 |
Colorado |
4 |
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
District of Columbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Florida |
10 |
14 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
|
2 |
2 |
40 |
Georgia |
8 |
7 |
29 |
34 |
1 |
|
8 |
|
87 |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Idaho |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Illinois |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
10 |
Indiana |
|
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
6 |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Kansas |
1 |
6 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
Kentucky |
2 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
14 |
Louisiana |
|
8 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
10 |
Maine |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Maryland |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Massachusetts |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Michigan |
7 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
Mississippi |
|
4 |
1 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
13 |
Missouri |
3 |
21 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
33 |
Montana |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
Nebraska |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Nevada |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
New
Hampshire |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
New
Jersey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
New
Mexico |
|
9 |
1 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
14 |
New
York |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
North
Carolina |
2 |
|
4 |
1 |
|
|
5 |
|
12 |
North
Dakota |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Ohio |
2 |
|
1 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
13 |
23 |
Oklahoma |
3 |
54 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
62 |
Oregon |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
Rhode
Island |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
South
Carolina |
9 |
5 |
32 |
3 |
|
|
7 |
|
56 |
South
Dakota |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Tennessee |
21 |
19 |
23 |
2 |
16 |
1 |
|
|
82 |
Texas |
27 |
243 |
22 |
15 |
4 |
|
30 |
|
341 |
Utah |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Vermont |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
Virginia |
6 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
19 |
Washington |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
West
Virginia |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Wisconsin |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
Total |
299 |
538 |
191 |
94 |
66 |
5 |
99 |
23 |
1315 |
The frequency of occurrence of the
various spellings is also backed up by the
US Census. It
shows the following rankings:
|
Spelling |
|
Kennamer |
Kennemer |
Kennemore |
Kenimer |
Kennamore |
Kenamore |
Kennemur |
Genheimer |
Total |
Ranking |
16876 |
14863 |
31730 |
46829 |
28815 |
n/a |
51076 |
n/a |
312 |
This means that of all the names in the 1990 census,
“Kennamer”
was the 16876th most common. The lower the number, the more people with that
spelling. The Census data also support the conclusion that
the most common spelling of the family name is “Kennemer.”
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