How common is the surname McKinney?

83,616 people in the United States had the surname McKinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,692 Americans. It ranked 377th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McKinney?

Cynthia McKinney, American politician and activist, followed by Nina Mae McKinney.

Where is the surname McKinney most common?

Wikidata records people named McKinney in the United States, The Bahamas and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

Is the surname McKinney getting more or less common?

More common. 80,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,616 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname McKinney

A patronymic surname, carried by 83,616 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). McKinney is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

McKinney is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 83,616 people named McKinney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,692 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 80,616.

#377

rank among US surnames

83,616

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #353)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#368	Miles	84,942	3,635
#369	Lyons	84,516	3,653
#370	Pham	84,320	3,662
#371	Graves	84,179	3,668
#372	Bush	84,018	3,675
#373	Thornton	83,967	3,677
#374	Wolfe	83,928	3,679

Who is named McKinney

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

69% of people named McKinney identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McKinneys

19 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cynthia McKinney
American politician and activist, born 1955
Nina Mae McKinney
American actress (1912-1967)
Charlotte McKinney
American model, Internet celebrity and actress, born 1993
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, born 1962
Richard McKinney
American archer, born 1953
Kurt McKinney
American actor, born 1962
Kennedy McKinney
Boxer, born 1966
Gil McKinney
American actor, born 1979
Bones McKinney
American basketball player-coach, 1919–1997
Nathaniel McKinney
Athletics (sport) competitor, born 1982

Notable McKinneys come mostly from the United States (16), The Bahamas (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

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Surnames that sound like McKinney

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

Questions

Where does the surname McKinney come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname McKinney?: 83,616 people in the United States had the surname McKinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,692 Americans. It ranked 377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKinney?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named McKinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McKinney?: Cynthia McKinney, American politician and activist, followed by Nina Mae McKinney.
Where is the surname McKinney most common?: Wikidata records people named McKinney in the United States, The Bahamas and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
What type of surname is McKinney?: McKinney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname McKinney getting more or less common?: More common. 80,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 83,616 in 2010, up 3.7%.