McKenna Surname
Approximately 63,854 people bear this surname
McKenna Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Son of Kenna, q.v.
McKenna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37,771 | 1:9,596 | 1,165 |
| England | 13,289 | 1:4,193 | 563 |
| Ireland | 8,443 | 1:558 | 90 |
| Australia | 7,261 | 1:3,718 | 534 |
| Canada | 5,428 | 1:6,788 | 1,000 |
| Scotland | 4,576 | 1:1,170 | 194 |
| Northern Ireland | 4,099 | 1:450 | 51 |
| New Zealand | 717 | 1:6,316 | 1,059 |
| South Africa | 634 | 1:85,454 | 10,516 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 275 | 1:4,960 | 802 |
| Wales | 234 | 1:13,224 | 1,468 |
| Thailand | 160 | 1:441,490 | 77,308 |
| Spain | 109 | 1:428,918 | 22,835 |
| France | 76 | 1:873,983 | 102,402 |
| Netherlands | 65 | 1:259,803 | 32,877 |
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Italy | 38 | 1:1,609,387 | 83,030 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Jersey | 32 | 1:3,100 | 566 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 16 | 1:6,898 | 1,043 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Isle of Man | 13 | 1:6,602 | 1,513 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9,006 | 1:492 | 60 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,050 | 1:11,890 | 1,808 |
| Scotland | 1,917 | 1:1,953 | 357 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:8,164 | 1,328 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,841 | 1:7,341 | 929 |
McKenna (1,482) may also be a first name.
McKenna Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Son of Kenna, q.v.
(Irish) The son of the man beloved by Aodh (fire), the fire god.
Contracted from Mac Cainneach, 'Cainneach’s Son'(cainneach, 'devout' or 'chaste').
‘Cainnech, of Achadh Bo, born a.d, 516'.
He was a saint who died a.d, 598, This name is peculiar to the Isle of Man.
It was formerly almost confined to the parish of German.
McKenna Demographics
Average Male McKenna Height
177.35 cm
Average Female McKenna Height
162.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
McKenna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McKenna Come From? nationality or country of origin
McKenna has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of McKenna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McKenna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,875th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 114,128 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of McKenna reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 202,116th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 1,482 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 37,771 people, or 1 in 9,596. In The United States McKenna is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 8 percent are found, New Jersey, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 104 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and Ireland, where 13 percent are found.
McKenna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of McKenna has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 552 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 648 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 6 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 239 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,463 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McKenna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (97%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McKenna surname are 3.05% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.18% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount McKenna earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 208.69% more than the national average, earning 1,068,320 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.93% more than the national average, earning R 304,008 per year; in United States they earn 14.98% more than the national average, earning $49,611 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.62% more than the national average, earning $51,483 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenna | 93 | 1,376 | / |
| Mckeanna | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mackennah | 88 | 2 | / |
| McKanna | 86 | 650 | / |
| McKinna | 86 | 555 | / |
| Makenna | 86 | 145 | / |
| Mokenna | 86 | 4 | / |
| Macenna | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mocenna | 86 | 1 | / |
| McKenney | 80 | 9,398 | / |
| McKennie | 80 | 515 | / |
| MacKenny | 80 | 48 | / |
| Makkenna | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mackinna | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mckinnau | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mokoenna | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hmakenna | 80 | 1 | / |
| McAnna | 77 | 105 | / |
| MacKna | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mackenney | 75 | 391 | / |
| Mackennie | 75 | 132 | / |
| Mackcinna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meachenna | 75 | 0 | / |
| McNa | 73 | 31 | / |
| McCanna | 71 | 1,151 | / |
| Mocenni | 71 | 75 | / |
| Macknay | 71 | 66 | / |
| McKinne | 71 | 57 | / |
| Maikena | 71 | 40 | / |
| Makenne | 71 | 33 | / |
| Makinna | 71 | 31 | / |
| Makenny | 71 | 11 | / |
| McKnney | 71 | 11 | / |
| Makenno | 71 | 10 | / |
| Macenni | 71 | 4 | / |
| Macknat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makemna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokenni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macenno | 71 | 1 | / |
| MacEnny | 71 | 0 | / |
| MacKenneer | 71 | 0 | / |
| MacKchenny | 71 | 0 | / |
| McKinney | 67 | 110,048 | / |
| McKinnie | 67 | 3,536 | / |
| McNay | 67 | 1,658 | / |
| Makna | 67 | 993 | / |
| Mocna | 67 | 376 | / |
| McNea | 67 | 302 | / |
| Macna | 67 | 191 | / |
| Makengni | 67 | 51 | / |
| Macknapp | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mocknacz | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mokna | 67 | 11 | / |
| MacKinno | 67 | 10 | / |
| MacCinna | 67 | 2 | / |
| MacKinny | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maskemna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Machinna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makenney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makkenni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mackinne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maquenna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mohcenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makemgna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makeunne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makienne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makuenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makinnah | 67 | 1 | / |
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McKenna Reference & Research
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