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    The surname McKinnis

    A surname, carried by 2,155 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M252

    McKinnis: #13,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKinnis #13,985, 2,155 people McKinnis: #13,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKinnis #13,985, 2,155 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKinnis is more common than 91.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,155 people named McKinnis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,036.

    #13,985
    rank among US surnames
    2,155
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,665)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,976Sarkar2,157143,137
    #13,981Arauz2,156143,203
    #13,985Chatterjee2,155143,269
    #13,991Arellanes2,154143,336

    Who is named McKinnis

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

    58% of people named McKinnis identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKinnis

    McKinnis has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname McKinnis?
    2,155 people in the United States had the surname McKinnis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. It ranked 13,985th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKinnis?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named McKinnis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McKinnis getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,155 in 2010, up 5.8%.