How common is the surname Kinley?

4,105 people in the United States had the surname Kinley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,212 Americans. It ranked 8,073rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kinley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,105 in 2010, up 38%.

Is Kinley also a first name?

Yes. Kinley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kinley

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 4,105 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K540 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinley is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Shortened from McKinley.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,105 people named Kinley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,212 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,969.

#8,073

rank among US surnames

4,105

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+38.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,013)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,067	Jessee	4,108	75,157
#8,070	Haider	4,107	75,175
#8,072	McCarley	4,106	75,194
#8,073	Kinley	4,105	75,212
#8,076	Lovely	4,104	75,230
#8,080	Carraway	4,103	75,249

Who is named Kinley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Kinley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinley

Kinley has the Soundex code K540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K540.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kinley come from?: Shortened from McKinley.
How common is the surname Kinley?: 4,105 people in the United States had the surname Kinley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,212 Americans. It ranked 8,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinley?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Kinley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kinley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,105 in 2010, up 38%.
Is Kinley also a first name?: Yes. Kinley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.