Kinsey Surname

20,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Kinsey Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Kilnsea,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks; (a) 'of Kilnsay,' a hamlet in the parish of Burnsall, West Riding of Yorks; (3) 'of Kingsley'(l). I cannot help coming to the conclusion that Kinsey in Cheshire.

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Kinsey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,6111:17,5862,229
England3,0821:18,0792,592
Wales7411:4,176450
South Africa5161:104,99612,690
Canada4811:76,6028,623
Australia4651:58,0557,063
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
Scotland661:81,1185,959
France171:3,907,219231,005
Benin171:607,97736,930
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Estonia121:110,15019,471
China111:124,301,9616,553
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Norway71:734,61250,907
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5561:15,6652,313
Wales4011:3,911275
Scotland81:467,90212,875
Isle of Man61:9,045877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6461:13,7741,767

Kinsey (2,648) may also be a first name.

Kinsey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Kilnsea,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks; (a) 'of Kilnsay,' a hamlet in the parish of Burnsall, West Riding of Yorks; (3) 'of Kingsley'(l). I cannot help coming to the conclusion that Kinsey in Cheshire. and Lancashire, is a variant of Kingsley. The 'g' was lost in Kinsley, which see, and the 'l' in Kinsey. I doubt not that in the South of England most of our Kinseys are modifications of Kingsey (which see); compare Kinsman for Kingsman, or Kinsley for Kingsley.

1471. William Kynnesay, vicar of Hitcnam, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1586. William Chinseie, or Kinssee, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1592. Married — Thomas Joneson and Elizabeth Kynscye: Reg. Prestbury, Cheshire.

1602. John Kynsey, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1608. Married — John Kinsey and Dorithie Byrtles: Reg. Prestbury, Cheshire.

1729. — Charles Kinsey and Kerthrine Rever: St. Antholin (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) 1 the Anglo-Saxon Cynesige = Royal Victory [Old English cyne-, royal + sige, victory] 2 belonging to (a) Kilnsea (Holderness), the Domesday Chilnesse [The -nesse here and in the Domesday form (Hornesse) of the contiguous Hornsea, and the -nessei of the Domesday form (Widfornessei) of Withern- sea, have been assumed to be the dative sing. case-ending of either Old English næss or Old Norse nes, a promontory. Apart from the frequent untrustworthiness of Domesday forms, the difficulty is that none of these places seems to be properly a headland (the coast-line has, however, been con­siderably encroached upon by the sea); and, on the whole, the second element is more likely to be either Old Norse sæ-r, or Old English sǽ, lake] (b) Kilnsay or Kilnsey (W.Yorks) [This place is on the River Wharfe, so that the second element may reasonably be assumed to be the Old English í(e)g = Old Norse ey, waterside, island; and Kilns- prob. represents the genit. of a pers. name with Old English Céol- = Old Norse Kióll- (ship) for the first theme] 3 for Kingsey, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Cynesige (royal victory); one who came from Kilnsey (Cynel’s island), in Yorkshire or from Kingsley (the king's wood), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Probably Kilnsey, co. York, by the suppression of I.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Danish, Kinzi; a personal name Kynsy, Bishop of Lichfield, A.D. 960.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Kinseys possessed part of the manor of Blackden from the 16th to the present century (O.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Kinsey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kinsey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kinsey (Arabic: كينسي) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kinsey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinsey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 20,799th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 277,758 people. Kinsey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Kinsey are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 142,656th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 2,648 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 20,611 people, or 1 in 17,586. In The United States Kinsey is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, Florida, where 8 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States Kinsey exists in 58 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside and Wales, where 3 percent reside.

Kinsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kinsey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kinsey last name increased 565 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 825 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kinsey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kinsey surname is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Kinsey surname are 18.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.93% registered with the party.

The amount Kinsey earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.1% more than the national average, earning R 290,160 per year; in United States they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning $40,998 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.8% more than the national average, earning $50,575 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kinseyi9221/
Kinnsey924/
Kinssey922/
Kinseya922/
Kinseye921/
Kinshey920/
Kinse91434/
Kinsy9136/
Knsey912/
Kinsei83852/
Kensey83543/
Kinzey83526/
Kincey83282/
Kinsie83106/
Kinshe8370/
Kinseh8316/
Kynsey8315/
Kinsay8312/
Kingey835/
Kiense832/
Kinsse832/
Kiensy831/
Kinsee831/
Kinsuy831/
Kinszy831/
Kinnsy830/
Cinsey830/
Kinsea830/
Knse806/
Quinsey77449/
Kinseth77212/
Kionsue77205/
Kinzeyi7743/
Kinchey7714/
Kinzeye7713/
Kingeyi779/
Kinszer776/
Kinsoya774/
Kingeya774/
Kinsger773/
Kinsche773/
Kinshie773/
Kinsett772/
Kennsey772/
Kinsaya772/
Kenshey771/
Kinjeyi771/
Kinncey771/
Kinnser771/
Kinscer771/
Kinsces771/
Kinseed771/
Kinsiya771/
Kinssee771/
Kinssei771/
Kinshei771/
Kiensie771/
Kinseua771/
Kinsheh771/
Kinsead770/
Kinnzey770/
Keensey770/
Kinsher770/
Kinnsay770/
Kinseer770/
Chinsey770/
Kisnser770/
Kinge734,534/
Kensy731,474/
Kense731,290/
Kincy73706/
Kinzy73681/
Kinze73473/
Kinsi73393/
Kinsa73218/
Kince7372/
Kinje7341/
Cinse7318/
Kinçe739/
Knsyh731/
Kynse731/
Knsoy731/
Cinsy730/
Kinscher71706/
Kincheya711/
Kincheye711/
Kindjeyi711/
Kinsohue711/
Kinzie672,017/
Kinsou671,799/
Kinshi67952/
Kinsiz67325/
Kinsui67289/
Kensei67225/
Cinsoy67191/
Koense67156/
Kiensi6789/
Kenzey6780/
Kienze6769/
Kensie6765/
Cinsay6763/
Kienzy6760/
Kinsai6755/
Kinces6748/
Chinse6735/
Kinsha6733/
Chinsy6729/
Kuense6722/
Cuinse6720/
Kinsoi6720/
Kinchy6718/
Kuinze6718/
Kensay6716/
Censey6713/
Kingee6712/
Kinssi6711/
Kindje6711/
Kinssa679/
Kimseu677/
Kincay677/
Kinzyo676/
Kensee675/
Kinzhe675/
Kimsee675/
Kinncy674/
Kuince674/
Quinsy674/
Kinsoa674/
Kuinsi673/
Kimssy673/
Kimser673/
Kincei673/
Kenseh673/
Quinse673/
Kensse673/
Kinzhy673/
Kinnge672/
Kenshe672/
Kencey672/
Kinzay672/
Kionsa672/
Kinceľ672/
Kensoe672/
Qunsey671/
Kensiy671/
Kenszy671/
Kinzys671/
Kimseh671/
Kincheyyi671/
Kingea671/
Kinncheyi671/
Cincey671/
Kience671/
Kenssy671/
Kiensa671/
Kindjy671/
Kinsia671/
Kinsis671/
Kinsau671/
Kenshy671/
Kensyo671/
Khnsie671/
Kinsat671/
Keense670/
Keensy670/
Kennsy670/
Kimgey670/
Qensey670/
Kensez670/
Kintge670/
Kinzee670/
Kinnce670/
Kinnsa670/

Kinsey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kinsey in the Arabic language
كينسيkynsy-

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Kinsey Reference & Research

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