How common is the surname McKinzie?

3,929 people in the United States had the surname McKinzie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,581 Americans. It ranked 8,414th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McKinzie getting more or less common?

More common. 3,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,929 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname McKinzie

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 3,929 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKinzie is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McKenzie.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,929 people named McKinzie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,581 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,678.

#8,414

rank among US surnames

3,929

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,279)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,405	Carrick	3,935	78,461
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481
#8,408	Winton	3,930	78,561
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581
#8,415	Kalman	3,927	78,621
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661

Who is named McKinzie

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

65% of people named McKinzie identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
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 McKinzie

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McKinzie come from?: Variant of McKenzie.
How common is the surname McKinzie?: 3,929 people in the United States had the surname McKinzie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,581 Americans. It ranked 8,414th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKinzie?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named McKinzie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McKinzie getting more or less common?: More common. 3,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,929 in 2010, up 6.8%.