McKenniff Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

McKenniff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKenniff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McKenniff Last Name Facts

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

The last name McKenniff is most common in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKenniff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. McKenniff is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of McKenniff live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

McKenniff is most numerous in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is most numerous in: Greater Manchester, where 88 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 13 percent are found.

McKenniff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McKenniff has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the McKenniff last name expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McKenniffe950/
McKinniff890/
McKniff88134/
McCnniff821/
McKnifff820/
McNiffe75138/
Mcneiff7510/
McInnif754/
McNifft750/
McKneif750/
McKneff750/
McNaiff750/
McGinnif712/
McNif711/
McNift671/
McNifh671/
McNeif670/
McInnef632/
McNeifh631/
McNeaff630/
McKinnew590/
Mknjf571/
Mqnif571/
McNib571/
McKinneyw560/
McNeef532/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McKenniff
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