# McKinney (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 83,616 |
| US rank (2010) | 377 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,692 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (80,616 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish and Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Cionaodha, Mac Cionaoith. * Also as an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Coinnigh (“son of Coinneach”), also treated in Scotland as equivalent to Kenneth. Both senses above are derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ. Sometimes Anglicized in Scotland as McKenzie.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McKinney 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McKinney in the United States, The Bahamas, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named McKinney

- Cynthia McKinney, American politician and activist
- Nina Mae McKinney, American actress (1912-1967)
- Charlotte McKinney, American model, Internet celebrity and actress
- Frank McKinney, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, bank executive (1938-
- Bill McKinney, American actor (1931–2011)
- Tamara McKinney, American alpine skier
- Richard McKinney, American archer
- Kurt McKinney, American actor
- Kennedy McKinney, boxer
- Gil McKinney, American actor
- Bones McKinney, American basketball player-coach
- Nathaniel McKinney, Athletics (sport) competitor

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McKenna, McKeon, McKenney, McKean, Mackin, McKinnie, McKain, McKeen, McKenny, McGinn, McKim, McQuinn.

## 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.