Fenelon
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- Borrowed from French Fénelon, a habitational surname mostly found in Haiti.
- Irish surname, a variant of Fenlon.
Proper noun edit
Fenelon (countable and uncountable, plural Fenelons)
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenelon is the 23002nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1111 individuals. Fenelon is most common among Black/African American (62.65%) and White (30.96%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenelon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.