# McKinnon (surname)

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

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,450 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,359 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,984 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (14,566 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkɪnən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | M'kinnon, Mkinnon, Makinnon, Mackinnon, Kinion, Kinnon, Fingon |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McKinnon 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McKinnon in the United States and Australia.

## People named McKinnon

- Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian (born 1984)
- Betty McKinnon, Australian sprinter (1925–1981)
- Ray McKinnon, American actor
- Daniel McKinnon, American ice hockey player (1922-2017)
- Kiley McKinnon, American freestyle skier
- Jeremy McKinnon, American singer

## Similar surnames

MacKinnon, McKennon, McMinn, McGannon, McMahon, McNamara, McManus, McMahan, McNamee, McCammon, Mossman, McMann.

## 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.