# Kinnear (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kinnear/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,998 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,834 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 154,527 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (1,625 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from Kinneir, in Fife, apparently from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“headland”) + iar (“west”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kinnear in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kinnear in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Kinnear

- Greg Kinnear, American actor
- Roy Kinnear, British actor (1934–1988)

## Similar surnames

Kenner, Kinner, Kiner, Kumar, Keener, Kamara, Knorr, Kimura, Kummer, Kammer, Knauer, Kemmer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.