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    The surname Kinnon

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 304 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkɪnən/ 2 syllables Soundex K550

    Kinnon: #65,244 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kinnon #65,244, 304 people Kinnon: #65,244 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kinnon #65,244, 304 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinnon is more common than 59.8% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicization of MacKinnon (“McKinnon”). From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).

    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 304 people named Kinnon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,015,610 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 355.

    #65,244
    rank among US surnames
    304
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -14.4%
    change since 2000 (was #54,385)

    Who is named Kinnon

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

    52% of people named Kinnon identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 52%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kinnon

    Kinnon has the Soundex code K550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K550.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kinnon come from?
    Anglicization of MacKinnon (“McKinnon”). From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).
    How common is the surname Kinnon?
    304 people in the United States had the surname Kinnon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,015,610 Americans. It ranked 65,244th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kinnon?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Kinnon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Kinnon?
    Kinnon is /ˈkɪnən/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Kinnon getting more or less common?
    Less common. 355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 304 in 2010, down 14%.
    What are other spellings of Kinnon?
    Mckinnon, M'kinnon, Mkinnon, Makinnon, Mackinnon and Fingon.