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.
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Spelling |
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|
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.”