McKinnon Surname
Approximately 35,987 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,870 | 1:18,242 | 2,307 |
| Australia | 10,151 | 1:2,659 | 358 |
| Canada | 9,221 | 1:3,996 | 532 |
| Scotland | 2,646 | 1:2,023 | 365 |
| England | 1,986 | 1:28,055 | 3,796 |
| New Zealand | 1,283 | 1:3,529 | 550 |
| South Africa | 351 | 1:154,352 | 17,426 |
| Guyana | 148 | 1:5,150 | 905 |
| Panama | 60 | 1:65,204 | 2,877 |
| Northern Ireland | 54 | 1:34,167 | 3,366 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Wales | 39 | 1:79,347 | 6,699 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 13 | 1:8,490 | 1,249 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 43 | 1:103,020 | 6,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 7,151 | 1:523 | 82 |
| England | 438 | 1:55,652 | 6,609 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:156,842 | 6,008 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:13,567 | 1,192 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,211 | 1:22,713 | 2,847 |
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]
(Scottish) The son of Findgaine (fair-born).
Originally McFingon, the son of Fingon, who was the youngest son of Alpin, King of Scotland.
McKinnon Demographics
Average Male McKinnon Height
178.16 cm
Average Female McKinnon Height
162.2 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
McKinnon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McKinnon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McKinnon is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name McKinnon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,486th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 202,505 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of McKinnon reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. McKinnon is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 72 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 19,870 people, or 1 in 18,242. In The United States McKinnon is most common in: Florida, where 8 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 69 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 28 percent are found and Canada, where 26 percent are found.
McKinnon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of McKinnon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McKinnon surname rose 899 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 63 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 453 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 390 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
McKinnon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the McKinnon last name are 8.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.04% being registered with the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacKinnon | 94 | 30,234 | / |
| MacKinnnon | 89 | 10 | / |
| MacKinnonn | 89 | 1 | / |
| MacKinnonh | 89 | 1 | / |
| McKennon | 88 | 1,166 | / |
| MacInnon | 88 | 7 | / |
| Makinnon | 88 | 6 | / |
| Mackennon | 82 | 32 | / |
| Makkinnon | 82 | 3 | / |
| Maskinnon | 82 | 1 | / |
| MacKinnan | 82 | 1 | / |
| MacHinnon | 82 | 1 | / |
| Macknon | 80 | 84 | / |
| McAnnon | 80 | 3 | / |
| McCannon | 75 | 1,410 | / |
| McKennan | 75 | 331 | / |
| Makinnan | 75 | 206 | / |
| Macknoon | 75 | 3 | / |
| Maknon | 71 | 98 | / |
| MacKennan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maknoun | 67 | 894 | / |
| Maknoon | 67 | 621 | / |
| Makhnon | 67 | 6 | / |
| MacKnom | 67 | 1 | / |
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McKinnon Reference & Research
MacKinnon / McKinnon 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- 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 McKinnon
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