McKinnon Surname

15,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,987 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McKinnon Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Son of Fingon=Fair- Birth [Gaelic mac, son + the aspirated form of fi(o)nn, fair + a derivative of gin, to beget]

McKinnon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,8701:18,2422,307
Australia10,1511:2,659358
Canada9,2211:3,996532
Scotland2,6461:2,023365
England1,9861:28,0553,796
New Zealand1,2831:3,529550
South Africa3511:154,35217,426
Guyana1481:5,150905
Panama601:65,2042,877
Northern Ireland541:34,1673,366
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Wales391:79,3476,699
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Guam211:7,6251,143
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
United States Virgin Islands131:8,4901,249
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Denmark91:627,19136,734
France81:8,302,840321,660
Norway81:642,78647,258
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
India51:153,413,076951,030
China51:273,464,31313,838
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Belize11:355,4743,977
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland431:103,0206,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland7,1511:52382
England4381:55,6526,609
Wales101:156,8426,008
Isle of Man41:13,5671,192
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2111:22,7132,847

McKinnon (72) may also be a first name.

McKinnon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Son of Fingon=Fair- Birth [Gaelic mac, son + the aspirated form of fi(o)nn, fair + a derivative of gin, to beget]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The son of Findgaine (fair-born).

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

Originally McFingon, the son of Fingon, who was the youngest son of Alpin, King of Scotland.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

McKinnon Last Name Facts

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

The last name McKinnon is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of McKinnon.

How Common Is The Last Name McKinnon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 15,486th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 202,505 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of McKinnon are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McKinnon is also the 1,143,416th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 72 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 19,870 people, or 1 in 18,242. In The United States McKinnon is most prevalent in: Florida, where 8 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 69 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 28 percent reside and Canada, where 26 percent reside.

McKinnon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McKinnon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McKinnon surname increased 899 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 63 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 453 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 390 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McKinnon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McKinnon last name is chiefly Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McKinnon surname are 8.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.04% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McKinnon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.39% less than the national average, earning 317,057 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 87.26% more than the national average, earning R 445,008 per year; in United States they earn 3.16% less than the national average, earning $41,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.59% less than the national average, earning $49,388 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacKinnon9430,234/
MacKinnnon8910/
MacKinnonn891/
MacKinnonh891/
McKennon881,166/
MacInnon887/
Makinnon886/
Mackennon8232/
Makkinnon823/
Maskinnon821/
MacKinnan821/
MacHinnon821/
Macknon8084/
McAnnon803/
McCannon751,410/
McKennan75331/
Makinnan75206/
Macknoon753/
Maknon7198/
MacKennan715/
Maknoun67894/
Maknoon67621/
Makhnon676/
MacKnom671/

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McKinnon Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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