Fenlon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnaláin (“descendant of Fionnalán”), a hypocoristic form of fionn (“fair, white”).
Proper noun
Fenlon (plural Fenlons)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenlon is the 35764th 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.