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    The surname McKenny

    A surname, carried by 1,200 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M250

    McKenny: #21,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKenny #21,700, 1,200 people McKenny: #21,700 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKenny #21,700, 1,200 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKenny is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname, a variant of McKenney.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,200 people named McKenny in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,288 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,078.

    #21,700
    rank among US surnames
    1,200
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,304)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,700Schnitzler1,200257,288
    #21,707Fino1,199257,503

    Who is named McKenny

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

    63% of people named McKenny identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKenny

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname McKenny?
    1,200 people in the United States had the surname McKenny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,288 Americans. It ranked 21,700th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKenny?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named McKenny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McKenny getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,200 in 2010, up 11%.