Kernighan

English

Etymology

Variant of Kernaghan.

Proper noun

Kernighan (plural Kernighans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Derived terms

• K&R
• Kernighan-Lin algorithm
• Lin-Kernighan heuristic

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kernighan is the 79942^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 27 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kernighan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.
• Forebears