# McInnes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcinnes/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,168 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,131 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 264,337 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.2% (1,273 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Macinnes, Mainnes |

## Etymology

Variant of McInnis.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McInnes 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McInnes in Australia.

## People named McInnes

- William McInnes, Australian actor

## Similar surnames

McInnis, McGinnis, McGuinness, McKinzie, McNeese, McKinnis, McKinsey, McGinness, McNees, McNish, McKenzie, McKnight.

## 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.