Kinney Surname
Approximately 45,471 people bear this surname
Kinney Surname Definition:
Mac Coinnigh This name, which is that of a sept of the Scottish clan MacKinnon, has greatly increased in numbers owing to its absorption of several families of MacKenzie and of MacKenna. It is almost entirely associated with Cos. Antrim and Tyrone.
Read More About This SurnameKinney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42,103 | 1:8,609 | 1,035 |
| Canada | 1,472 | 1:25,031 | 3,376 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| England | 325 | 1:171,440 | 15,745 |
| New Zealand | 233 | 1:19,435 | 3,414 |
| Northern Ireland | 192 | 1:9,610 | 1,539 |
| Scotland | 189 | 1:28,327 | 2,987 |
| Australia | 114 | 1:236,804 | 22,158 |
| Philippines | 71 | 1:1,425,890 | 102,315 |
| Ireland | 59 | 1:79,813 | 4,719 |
| Japan | 53 | 1:2,412,156 | 30,150 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| South Korea | 7 | 1:7,320,037 | 1,243 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 278 | 1:15,935 | 2,001 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 124 | 1:196,576 | 15,750 |
| Scotland | 117 | 1:31,993 | 2,667 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,677 | 1:3,961 | 483 |
Kinney (896) may also be a first name.
Kinney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mac Coinnigh This name, which is that of a sept of the Scottish clan MacKinnon, has greatly increased in numbers owing to its absorption of several families of MacKenzie and of MacKenna. It is almost entirely associated with Cos. Antrim and Tyrone. SIF 99
(Irish) Grandson of Cionaodh (fire sprung).
Gaelic, Cine, kindred, a clan, a tribe. Keny and Cany, seeing, knowing; Welsh, cenio, to see.
Kinney Demographics
Average Male Kinney Height
177.31 cm
Average Female Kinney Height
160.87 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kinney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kinney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kinney is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kinney? popularity and diffusion
Kinney is the 12,350th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 160,268 people. Kinney is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Kinney are found; 87 percent are found in North America and 87 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 271,411th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 896 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 42,103 people, or 1 in 8,609. In The United States Kinney is mostly found in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States Kinney occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Kinney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kinney has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 332 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 262 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 79 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kinney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kinney last name is predominantly Catholic (76%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Kinney last name are 13.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kinney earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.92% less than the national average, earning $42,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.31% more than the national average, earning $52,323 CAD per year.
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Kinney Reference & Research
Kinney FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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