Fenlon

English

Alternative forms

• Fenelon

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnaláin (“descendant of Fionnalán”), a hypocoristic form of fionn (“fair, white”).

Proper noun

Fenlon (plural Fenlons)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenlon is the 35764^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 628 individuals. Fenlon is most common among White (97.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenlon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.