# McKinley (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,000 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,489 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,864 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (23,124 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named McKinley 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McKinley in the United States.

## People named McKinley

- Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (1941-1986)
- David McKinley, American politician
- John McKinley, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1780-1852)
- Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader (1910-1995)
- Robin McKinley, American fantasy writer

## Similar surnames

McNeil, McNally, McNeely, McNiel, McNealy, McNeilly, McNelly, McNeeley, McNulty, McMillen, McGinley, McNelis.

## 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.