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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably of German origin : from a topographic name composed of the elements Kenn, the name of a place near Trier, + beck ‘stream’ (Bach).
  • Probably of German origin : alternatively, from Kennebeck, an occupational name for a potter, from Middle Low or Middle High German kanne ‘jug’, ‘pitcher’ + beck, variant of Bäcker ‘baker’.

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