How common is the surname McKenney?

7,265 people in the United States had the surname McKenney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,498 Americans. It ranked 4,852nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McKenney getting more or less common?

More common. 6,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,265 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname McKenney

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 7,265 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKenney is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McKinney.

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 7,265 people named McKenney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,498 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,862.

#4,852

rank among US surnames

7,265

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,729)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,846	Sherry	7,271	42,463
#4,849	Hildreth	7,269	42,474
#4,850	Hornsby	7,267	42,486
#4,852	McKenney	7,265	42,498
#4,853	Cupp	7,263	42,509

Who is named McKenney

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

82% of people named McKenney identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKenney

McKenney has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McKenney come from?: Variant of McKinney.
How common is the surname McKenney?: 7,265 people in the United States had the surname McKenney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,498 Americans. It ranked 4,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKenney?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named McKenney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McKenney getting more or less common?: More common. 6,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,265 in 2010, up 5.9%.