Kinnersley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Kindersley

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cyneheard, which is composed by the suffix cyne- (“royal”) + heard (“hard, rigid, firm”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .

Proper noun

Kinnersley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnersleys)

1. A village in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO341724).
2. A hamlet in Severn Stoke parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8743).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kinnersley is the 116201^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 150 individuals. Kinnersley is most common among White (90.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kinnersley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308.